Baťa’s Architecture of Belonging
The Czech Centre London, in collaboration with the Tomáš Baťa Foundation and the Bata Heritage Centre, marks the 150th anniversary of Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa's birth, founder of the global... Read more »
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Vitrinka Gallery 30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, United Kingdom
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The Přemyslids a ruling dynasty
National Museum Prague Václavské náměstí 68, Prague, Czech RepublicThe story of a dynasty that transformed the Czech principality into a kingdom and profoundly shaped the form of Central Europe comes to life in the National Museum’s largest exhibition... Read more »
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BATAstories
Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonBATAstories is a sweeping documentary driven by the voices of ‘Batamen‘ worldwide, stories from Baťa-built towns, and reflections from Baťa’s descendants. It traces the extraordinary rise of Czech entrepreneur Tomáš... Read more »
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The Prague-Vienna Circle in British Exile
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonThis workshop focuses on the ‘Prague-Vienna Circle’, a group of Jewish friends from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire who, having survived the Holocaust and reunited in British exile after 1945, sought... Read more »
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“Get to know you” social evening
FeaturedBohemia House 74 West End Lane, London, United KingdomThis is an opportunity for anyone interested in the British Czech and Slovak Association (members, supporters and friends) to meet, eat, drink, chat (maybe practise your Czech or Slovak) and... Read more »
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Jáchym Topol
British Library 96 Euston Road, London, United KingdomThe European Writers’ Festival returns this May, bringing together leading and emerging writers from 26 countries for a weekend of discussions on literature, translation and the challenges shaping Europe today.... Read more »
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Baťa: designed to belong
Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonBelonging is not accidental - it is designed. This panel explores how architecture shapes belonging - not just by providing shelter, but by designing everyday life. Using the Bata village... Read more »
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Pavel Haas Quartet
Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London, United KingdomElements of Moravian folksong combine with edgy modernism in the String Quartet No. 3 Op. 15, written six years before Pavel Haas was murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The... Read more »
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Magdalena Kožená
Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London, United KingdomMagdalena Kožená opens her recital with songs in her mother tongue. The Czech mezzo-soprano, born in Janáček’s home town, has few equals when it comes to touching the spirit and... Read more »
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Czech Philharmonic
Barbican Centre Silk Street, London, United KingdomThe Czech Philharmonic, conducted by the orchestra’s Chief Conductor and Music Director since 2018 Semyon Bychkov, perform orchestral highlights from Smetana’s opera The Bartered Bride, Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances and his Second... Read more »