Culture
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Czech celebrities refuse to take the tabloids
A celebrity cast of top Czech writers and actors has taken a high profile public stand against the practices of the Czech tabloid press. Around a dozen top names have…
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A stroll round the edge of the postmodern city
This week Czech Books met with a relatively new, but highly praised writer of prose and poetry, Josef Straka. The way in which Straka describes his experience of modern…
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Burgeoning animation festival spreads its wings
In this week’s edition of Panorama, we report from the latest edition of Anifest. Now in its eighth year, this international showcase of animated film has become a major…
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Michael Sarne – a pioneering British filmmaker of Czech descent
My guest for One on One this week is British director and singer Michael Sarne, who is perhaps best known for his number one hit in the early 1960s “Come Outside”…
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Art show draws attention to high percentage of Czech children placed in institutional care
In the Czech Republic an incredibly high number of children – over 20,000 – are living in institutional care. Very often they are from poor families, with an extremely…
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Czech film greats Forman and Švankmajer among special guests at Karlovy Vary festival this year
One of the highlights of the Czech cultural calendar, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, gets underway in the west Bohemian spa town on July 3. While the list…
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Sculptor Jaroslav Róna on Kafka, America, and life in Prague
In this week’s edition of One on One we talk to the artist, sculptor, painter, musician and actor Jaroslav Róna. In the 1980s, he was one of the founders of the art group…
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The Bookworld international book fair rises from the ashes
Less than six months ago, a disastrous fire reduced an entire wing of Prague’s historic Industrial Exhibition Hall to a pile of twisted metal and masonry, but the building…
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Totalitarian Circus brings the bad old days back to Prague
The Cirkus totality (or Totalitarian Circus) was one of the cultural projects chosen to accompany the Czech Republic’s EU presidency. As part of the project, a new…
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Days of European Film closes 16th annual festival
Thursday marked the end of an eight-day international film festival in Prague that will now be making its way around the country. The Days of European Film, now in its…
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Studio Bratři v triku - the cradle of Czech animation
The studio Bratři v triku, or “Brothers in T-Shirts”, has been the major producer of Czech animated film since the 1940s. Virtually every talent in Czech cartooning has…
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Actress Tatiana Vilhelmová takes dance to drama
A novel theatre production where poetry meets drama, original music and modern ballet has just opened in Prague. Additionally, the big draw for many audiences coming to…
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