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Publisher Martin Reiner on books, business and Brno
As well as being a poet and novelist, Martin Reiner is one of this country’s most successful publishers. He has been in the business since 1991, first at Brno’s…
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Countdown to Karlovy Vary Film Festival begins
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the highlights on the Czech cultural calendar. In this, its 43rd year, the festival promises to be bigger than ever…
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Robots and Vigilante Vampires
Many people know the standard quiz question about who introduced the word "robot" into the language - the answer being the famous Czech author, Karel Čapek. Čapek wrote in…
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Nine Gates festival recreates lost world of Prague's pre-war culture
Throughout June, the Czech capital Prague is playing host to the ninth annual Nine Gates festival of Czech-German-Jewish culture. Nine Gates is a combination of music…
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Dora Diamant: Kafka's Last Love
In today’s edition of the Arts we meet American scholar Kathi Diamant, who has spent years researching and writing about her namesake – Dora Diamant. Dora was a Polish…
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Czech fairytale headlines Scottish National Theatre’s season
'Little Otik' is topping the bill at the National Theatre of Scotland this season. The play is an adaptation of Czech animator Jan Švankmajer’s film ‘Otesánek’, which is…
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New production of the Bartered Bride among highlights of 50th Smetana’s Litomyšl
Wednesday sees the opening of the 50th Smetana’s Litomyšl International Opera Festival. During the annual event, composer Bedřich Smetana’s home town in east Bohemia is…
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Jaromír Nohavica: Czech Republic’s most popular contemporary songwriter
Hello and welcome to this month’s edition of Music Profile. Today we are going to look at the work of Jaromír Nohavica, one of the country’s most respected singer…
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Zlínfest – the Czech Republic’s most audience-friendly film festival
The Zlín international film festival stands out among the Czech Republic’s many film showcases such as Karlovy Vary and Jihlava in that its main emphasis is on films aimed…
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Jan Palach’s statue to remain in France
When French President Nicolas Sarkozy packs his bags for a working visit to Prague next week he’ll be taking much less than anticipated. A giant bronze statue of Jan…
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Theatres celebrate victory after Bém, Richter back down over arts subsidies
Theatres and other state-subsidised arts institutions were celebrating victory over Prague’s City Council this week after councillors scrapped a controversial new system…
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Milena Jelinek – member of golden generation of Czech filmmakers now teaching screenwriting at…
Milena Jelinek teaches screenwriting at Columbia University. Half a century ago she herself studied at Prague’s FAMU film school, and was surrounded by many of the people…
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