Culture
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Edith Templeton: "Every word of it is true."
Edith Templeton is a writer who defies categorization. Born in Prague in 1916 and still alive at the age of 90, she has had an adventurous life. Her work is every bit as…
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Czech singing legend Karel Gott gets own museum
Karel Gott is by far the most successful Czech singer. He has won the Golden Nightingale, a prestigious annual music award, 31 times and is, at 67, a living legend. And he…
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Encore: From the Blue Room to the meaning of life - two very different modern Czech composers.
Today we enjoy a CD of works by Jaroslav Jezek. He was a Czech composer of the inter-war period who made a huge impression on Czech musical culture, and this recording…
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Exhibition marks 500 years since painting of "The Feast of the Rose Garlands"
One of the most precious works of art to be seen in the Czech Republic is no doubt "The Feast of the Rose Garlands" by the German painter Albrecht Duerer. Exactly 500…
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Petr Novak - the man who wrote the soundtrack for the Prague Spring
Petr Novak's unmistakeable, delicate tenor voice is synonymous with Czechoslovak society of the late 1960s. This talented musician shot to fame in this country at the time…
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Mimraj 2006 - celebrating fifty years of mime in the Czech Republic
Exactly fifty years ago, on August 1 1956, the country's first ever official mime performance was staged for the public. It was a graduation performance by students of the…
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John Banville: Using words to paint pictures of "magical" Prague
In Czech Books this week, we look at award-winnning Irish writer John Banville's relationship with Prague, a city which features in a number of his books, including his…
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First Czech journalist Karel Havlicek Borovsky remembered at Prague ceremony
This Saturday, July 29, is the 150th anniversary of the death of Karel Havlicek Borovksy, regarded by many as the first Czech journalist. Born in the Moravian village of…
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Ludvik Vaculik: a Czechoslovak man of letters
Ludvik Vaculik, one of the Czech Republic's greatest living writers turned 80 on July 23. Born in Brumov, a small corner of southeast Moravia, in 1926, Ludvik Vaculik…
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Renowned author Ludvik Vaculik turns eighty
This past Sunday, Ludvik Vaculik celebrated his 80th birthday. One of the Czech Republic's most well-known and respected writers, Ludvik Vaculik has been part of the Czech…
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Miroslav Tichy: A voyeur with a home-made camera
The photographer Miroslav Tichy became known in the Czech Republic only recently, after he achieved major success abroad. His unusual photographs have been exhibited in…
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Colours of Ostrava 2006 to have distinct international feel
The Colours of Ostrava, which gets underway on Thursday and reaches a climax on Sunday evening, is perhaps the biggest music festival in Moravia. Among the biggest stars…
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