Czechs abroad
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Nine-year-old boy from Chicago admitted to select club of Czech literature lovers
Every year the Czech Ministry of Culture and the Association of Czech Libraries awards the title Knight of the Order of the Beautiful Word to over a dozen children who…
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Lenka Horňáková-Civade: From time to time history comes into the kitchen
Milan Kundera is not the only Czech novelist who has chosen to write in French. The writer and painter Lenka Horňáková-Civade has been in France for the last twenty years…
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Czech nurse finds second home in Saudi Arabia
Six years ago Zuzana Tomášková made a bold decision to change her life. As a nurse and single mum she decided to move to Saudi Arabia in search of a better job and new…
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Communist damage includes idea heritage preserve of state only, says Irena Edwards of Czech…
Dr. Irena Edwards is the head of the Czech National Trust, a UK-based organisation that supports conservation in the Czech Republic. Dr. Edwards left Prague at a young age…
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For many listeners UK means Churchill and Beatles not cosmopolitan reality, says Czech Radio…
As Czech Radio’s correspondent in London, Jiří Hošek is for many of his compatriots one of their main sources of news from Great Britain. When we met recently at the…
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Zuzana Jungmanová – The girl in the portrait who built a thriving Czech school in London
You may not know the name Zuzana Jungmanová but there’s a good chance you’ve seen her face. It appeared in great detail in the striking photorealist painting Zuzana in…
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So what’s it like being a Czech student in London?
Every year hundreds of Czech students start university in the UK, with some opting for schools in the capital. But what do they find when they arrive in London? And how…
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Not having own space helps London Czech Centre forge fruitful ties with UK partners, says head…
For the last two years, Tereza Porybná has been the director of the Czech Centre in London. Under her leadership, the UK branch of the international network of cultural…
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Facilities similar but Czech doctors have way more paperwork, says Prof. Jan Marek of Great Ormond…
Professor Jan Marek is a lead consultant in paediatric and prenatal cardiology at London’s famous Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. One of the top specialists in…
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Tomáš Bísek, Part 2: Language made ministering in Scotland tough
Tomáš Bísek spent 11 years as a clergyman in Scotland before returning to his native Prague in the mid-1990s. An early signatory of the Charter 77 protest document, the…
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Czech Honza and his Time Machine
For the third year now children of Czech origin living abroad are taking part in a competition that aims to help them connect with their roots. The Czech Honza competition…
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Tomáš Bísek, Part 1: Everything became black and white with signing of Charter 77
Protestant cleric Tomáš Bísek was forced to leave Czechoslovakia in the 1980s for his dissident activities and spent over a decade ministering in Scotland. His family had…
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