Culture
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Sculpture that sparked controversy in Brussels meant to be fun, says creator Černý at Prague launch
The sculpture Entropa has been one of the most reported on aspects of the Czech presidency of the European Union. The artwork, which was placed in an EU building in…
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Art of storytelling meets art of dissent at 19th Prague Writers’ Festival
The capital event of the Czech literary calendar began this week with the start of the 19th Prague Writers’ Festival. Each year the festival brings dozens of major…
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'Of Kids & Parents' nominated for prestigious UK translation award
The Oxford-Weidenfeld prize is one of the UK’s most prestigious translation awards. This year, six books are being judged by a panel of Oxford academics and translators –…
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Cartoonists Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb discuss working together – and much more
The great American artist, illustrator and writer Robert Crumb has been described as the father of underground comics. His wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb is also a successful…
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Prague Writers’ Festival opens 19th year
Sunday evening saw the opening of the Czech Republic’s main annual literary event, the Prague Writers’ Festival, at the city’s Laterna Magika theatre. Now in its 19th year…
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John Tregellas: going native in Prague
I first met John Tregellas just after the Velvet Revolution, when we both started working for Radio Prague at a time of huge changes in Czech society. At the time neither…
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Neither here nor there: 1980s Prague through the eyes of Marsha Kocábová
The 1980s was the last decade of communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Political oppression at that time was not as fierce as in the beginning of the totalitarian regime in…
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Exhibition by video artist and Zidane doc creator Douglas Gordon opens at Prague’s Dox
The leading Scottish artist Douglas Gordon has an extensive new exhibition at Prague’s Dox gallery. Blood, Sweat, Tears features photographs, abstract statements printed…
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‘Razz or jock?’ – Czech and South African musicians launch genre-defying new album
The Jonathan Crossley Band is what you get when you ask two Czechs and three South Africans to make a mixture of rock and jazz. The outcome is being warmly received by…
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New exhibition at Prague’s Jewish Museum offers chance to revive the Golem
An interactive exhibition which is to open at the Jewish Museum in Prague on Thursday promises visitors a chance to revive a centuries’ old legend. A sculpture by the…
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Music legend Waldemar Matuška dies at 76
One of the most memorable voices of 20th century Czech pop music has fallen silent. The singer and actor Waldemar Matuška, aged 76, died in his Florida home on Saturday…
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Rare Plastic People footage unearthed for series of collector’s DVDs
The Plastic People of the Universe are known around the world for their refusal to comply with the Czechoslovak communist authorities throughout the 1970s and 1980s - and…
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