Culture
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Author of book on Václav Havel’s drama discusses work of former president
Václav Havel led Czechoslovakia to democracy and remains perhaps the best known Czech political figure of modern times. But before spearheading the Velvet Revolution, he…
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Long-lost Vivaldi opera staged in Prague after more than 270 years
Argippo, an opera by the famous Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, was last heard in the early 1730s. It disappeared just a couple of years after its premiere and was…
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National Gallery head rejects calls for his resignation
It is just under a month ago that some of the country’s most prominent artists and art critics sent a letter to the government calling for a change at the top of the…
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The role of the radio in the modern age
This year, Český Rozhlas or Czech Radio is celebrating its 85th anniversary. A number of special commemorative events and broadcasts are being planned for the coming…
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Czechs celebrate ‘Čarodějnice’ – an annual witch-burning festival
April 30 is ‘Čarodějnice’ in the Czech Republic, the day that winter is ceremonially brought to an end. How? By the burning of rag and straw witches on bonfires around the…
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Švejk author’s grandson celebrates anniversary
Jaroslav Hašek, the author of the world renowned book, The Good Soldier Švejk was born 125 years ago today. Celebrations across the country, and in particular in the town…
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Jakub Cigler – one of the men behind the proposed makeover of Wenceslas Square
Our guest for One on One this week is Jakub Cigler, one half of the duo behind Cigler-Marani – an award-winning firm of architects whose elegant designs have helped them…
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Bohdan Bláhovec – Sceptical Slammer and Pilsner Urquell
Welcome to Czech Books - and to Czech slam! Slam poetry first came into being in the United States in the 1980s and is basically a competition between performance poets…
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Director Petr Zelenka discusses new film inspired by Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
Some critics have already called it the most notable Czech film of the year – Petr Zelenka’s “The Karamazovs”. Inspired by Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel together with a…
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Jana Černík from the Czech Film Chamber on the state of Czech cinema
All this week, moviegoers and directors are flocking to the West Bohemian town of Plzeň for one of the biggest film festivals in the country – Finále Plzeň. The festival…
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Egon Hostovský, "a European among the sprinklers"
For Czechs, the 20th century was a turbulent time. Independent Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918 only to later fall victim to the two great tyrannies of modern history –…
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Biennale highlights genius of 20th century writers Kafka, Borges
Starting this Tuesday Prague is hosting a month-long biennale honouring the literary giants Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka. Similar to a festival held in the capital in…
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