David Vaughan

The 150-member Boston Gay Men's Chorus is one of New England's largest and most successful choirs. It has broken ground in affirming the positive image of the gay…

A handful of people gathered on Monday at Prague's Vinohrady Cemetery to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of Czechoslovakia's third President, Emil Hacha. It was an…

"Workers of the world, lick your arse!" screams the larger-than-life Kraus from his balcony. This is a scene from the 1999 film Pelisky; with black humour the film…

Thanks to Steven Spielberg the name of Oskar Schindler is known the world over, but this programme is about an almost forgotten contemporary of Schindler, who deserves a…

In the 1950s Ota Ulc was a young, recently qualified judge. It was a time when Czechoslovakia was under hard line Stalinist rule and he soon realized the huge ethical…

Every year at this time the Czech Republic commemorates one of the most horrific atrocities committed on Czech territory during World War II. On 10th June 1942, at the…

If you want to know what a 'serpent' sounds like, or are inquisitive to hear the unusual tones of Smetana's very own five-pedal piano, then the Czech Museum of Music has…