Culture
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Karel Plíhal – one of the Czech Republic's foremost folk singers
The Czech singer and songwriter Karel Plíhal is the subject of this edition of Music Profile. Plíhal, who comes from the Moravian town of Přerov, released his eponymous…
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Czech music stars perform in aid of Haiti appeals
Czechs singers and musicians are playing their part in the campaign to raise cash for earthquake-hit Haiti. Two concerts are being staged in the capital on Thursday, with…
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Festival of short films kicks off in Prague
Wednesday night will see the opening of the fifth Prague Festival of Short Films. The event will be held at Prague’s Světozor cinema and over the next four days it will…
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Radka Denemarková and the importance of digging up skulls
The novel “Peníze od Hitlera” (Money from Hitler), is one of the best Czech books I’ve read for a long time, and luckily for English-speaking readers, it has just been…
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Plastic People return with first new LP in nearly 10 years
The Plastic People of the Universe are back with a new album entitled Maska za maskou [The Mask behind the Mask], their first release in nearly a decade, and the first…
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Hunt Kastner Artworks – helping young Czech artists develop international careers
Hunt Kastner Artworks in Prague 7 is a private gallery owned and run by Camille Hunt, who is Canadian, and Katherine Kastner, who is from the US though her mother is Czech…
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Popular children’s book - The History of the Brave Czech Nation – made into new animated series
Lucie Seifertová is one of the Czech Republic’s best-known children’s book authors and illustrators, whose work has been translated into numerous languages including…
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Stephan Delbos - a Prague-based poet, teacher and reporter
Stephan Delbos is a Prague-based poet. Five years ago, he moved to the Czech capital, where he edits the Prague Review, teaches literary writing at Charles University…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox we quote from your e-mails answering December’s quiz question and announce a new mystery person contest for January. Listeners quoted: Hans Verner Lollike…
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Best of One on One 2009
In this special New Year’s Day programme, we look back at some of the best of our interview programme One on One in 2009. Among those featured: Catholic intellectual…
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Experimental stage to become National Theatre’s newest venue in 2010
If you have ever seen the Czech National Theatre then surely you have noticed the modernistic glass cube lodged between it and an 18th century convent. That is the Nová…
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Technical fault in Prague’s famous astronomical clock sends apostles on hour-long spin
Prague’s famous 15th century astronomical clock, known as Orloj in Czech, is one of the oldest and most elaborate clocks ever built and one of the city’s best known…
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