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SUMMARY:National Theatre Prague: its origins & development
DESCRIPTION:An online Zoom event\, free for everyone. \nJana Marková explores the establishment of a Czech National Theatre in Prague\, its interior and the importance of its work today. \nJana is an official guide of the National Theatre\, the Estates Theatre and the State Opera. She is the founder and owner of  the Absolutely Prague Travel Agency. \n Registration is essential via the Eventbrite link below. 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/national-theatre-prague-its-origins-development/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231210T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231210T193000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
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SUMMARY:One Life
DESCRIPTION:The 27th Made in Prague Festival Closing Gala is a preview screening of the upcoming highly anticipated 2023 biographical drama One Life plus Q&A with director James Hawes (tbc) \n\nDirected by James Hawes\, the film tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton\, a young London broker played by Johnny Flynn\, who\, along with Trevor Chadwick (played by Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (played by Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia\, rescued 669 children from the Nazis in the months leading up to World War II. Fifty years later\, it’s 1988 and Nicky (played by Anthony Hopkins) lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It’s not until a live BBC television show\, ‘That’s Life!’\, surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades. \nDirector: James Hawes\, screenwriters Lucinda Coxon\, Nick Drake\, UK 2023\, 109‘\nCast: Anthony Hopkins\, Johnny Flynn\, Helena Bonham Carter\, Jonathan Pryce\, Romola Garai \nONE LIFE is in UK and Ireland cinemas from  5 January 2024 \nCourtesy of Warner Bros \nBOOKING LINK COMING SOON
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/one-life/
LOCATION:Curzon Soho\, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue\, London\, W1D 5DY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T213000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
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SUMMARY:Tomáš Vaněk and guests: Christmas concert
DESCRIPTION: A  selection of Christmas classics\, traditional carols and musical hits in Czech\, Slovak and English. Tomáš will be joined by a specially formed children’s choir featuring students from Czech and English schools across London and nearby counties. Plus performances of traditional Slovak folk dances by the children’s folklore ensemble Sovička. \nThe children’s choir highlights partnerships with charities\, voluntary-run organisations and institutions such as the Czech School Without Borders\, the Czech School Berkshire\, Czech and Slovak School Okénko\, Czech School Surrey and Czech and Slovak Club Oxford. \nTomáš Vaněk is a Czech performer\, actor and singer. \nSee booking link below\, doors open at 7pm
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/tomas-vanek-and-guests-christmas-concert/
LOCATION:Conway Hall\, 25 Red Lion Square\, London\, WC1R 4RL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T213000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
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SUMMARY:From My Homeland concert 6
DESCRIPTION:Josef Suk (1874-1935) Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 1\n\n\n\n\n\nJohannes Brahms (1833-97) Six songs arranged by David Matthew for baritone & ensemble\n\n\nAntonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Intermezzo in B for strings\n\n\nJohannes Brahms (1833-1897) String Quintet in G Op. 111\n\n\n\nRoderick Williams joins the Nash Ensemble in this programme of music by close friends. Dvořák’s tender Intermezzo for strings features\, along with his son-in-law Josef Suk’s passionate First Piano Quartet. And we hear songs and a sunny String Quintet from Brahms\, Dvořák’s energetic Viennese advocate.\n\n\n\nNash Ensemble\n\nSimon Crawford-Phillips piano\n\nPhilippa Davies flute\n\n\nRichard Hosford clarinet\n\n\nUrsula Leveaux bassoon\n\n\nStephen Waarts violin\n\n\nJonathan Stone violin\n\n\nLawrence Power viola\n\n\nAdrian Brendel cello\n\n\nGraham Mitchell double bass\n\n\n\nRoderick Williams baritone\n\n\n  \nsee booking link below \nThe regions of Bohemia and Moravia endured political\, military and linguistic control by multiple nations and governments in the 19th and 20th centuries. ‘From My Homeland’ showcases some of the most vibrant\, imaginative and unusual works written in the 1800s and 1900s\, as well as music by Johannes Brahms – friend and champion of Antonín Dvořák. \nThe series (October 2023 to March 2024) also includes a day of concerts\, films and talks dedicated to the victims of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp between 1941-45. \nillustration: Moravian Teachers’ Choir poster by Alphonse Mucha
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/from-my-homeland-concert-6/
LOCATION:Wigmore Hall\, 36 Wigmore Street\, London\, W1U 2BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T183000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230609T152728Z
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SUMMARY:From My Homeland concert 5
DESCRIPTION:Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) Divertissement for oboe\, clarinet and bassoon\n\n\n\n\nBohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) Sextet for piano and wind instruments\n\n\n\n\nLeoš Janáček (1854-1928) Mládí (Youth) for wind sextet\n\n\n\n\nThis lively programme explores Czech music of the 1920s: Erwin Schulhoff’s wind Divertissement and Martinů’s sunny Sextet are infused with edgy jazz harmonies and dance rhythms. Janáček\, four decades their senior\, looks back to his own childhood in Mládí.\n\n\n\n\n\nNash Ensemble\n\nSimon Crawford-Phillips piano\n\nPhilippa Davies flute\n\n\nGareth Hulse oboe\n\n\nRichard Hosford clarinet\n\n\nMarie Lloyd bass clarinet\n\n\nUrsula Leveaux bassoon\n\n\nRichard Watkins horn\n\n\n\n\n\nsee booking link below \nThe regions of Bohemia and Moravia endured political\, military and linguistic control by multiple nations and governments in the 19th and 20th centuries. ‘From My Homeland’ showcases some of the most vibrant\, imaginative and unusual works written in the 1800s and 1900s\, as well as music by Johannes Brahms – friend and champion of Antonín Dvořák. \nThe series (October 2023 to March 2024) also includes a day of concerts\, films and talks dedicated to the victims of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp between 1941-45. \nillustration: Moravian Teachers’ Choir poster by Alphonse Mucha
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/from-my-homeland-concert-5/
LOCATION:Wigmore Hall\, 36 Wigmore Street\, London\, W1U 2BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
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SUMMARY:A Fresh Look at the Czech New Wave
DESCRIPTION:A talk by Mark Le Fanu about some of the most beautiful films in modern history. \nThroughout the decade of the 1960s\, Czechoslovakia released (and occasionally held back for political reasons) some of the most beautiful films in modern cinema history. Movies such as ‘Closely Observed Trains’ (Jiri Menzel)\, ‘Intimate Lighting’ (Ivan Passer)\, ‘A Blonde in Love’ (Milos Forman) are canonical works\, celebrated everywhere where film is loved for their wisdom\, understatement and irony. Any attempt to revisit the Czech New Wave will need to spend some time on the classics\, and to try to say a few new things about them. Yet what really characterised the movement as a whole was its extraordinary depth and variety. \n\n\nAs the writer Josef Škvorecký puts it in his wonderful personal history of Czech cinema ‘All the Bright Young Men and Women’ (1971):\n\n\n“No movement is adequately described by a simple enumeration of its major personalities…The group of young people who moved the Barrandov mountain was larger than the world might imagine\, including artists who are unknown to the world\, either due to bad luck\, or because they worked for a long time as ‘mere’ screenplay writers\, before they began directing.”\n\n\n\n\n\nAs well as glancing at greats such as Menzel\, Forman\, Chytilová\, Němec and Schorm\, the talk proposes to take a look at this ‘second layer’ of Czech directing talent whom Skvorecký refers to – artists such as František Vláčil\, Vojtěch Jasný\, Pavel Juráček\, Karel Kachyňa\, Jaromil Jireš\, along with a handful of interesting and underrated Slovak directors such as Juraj Jakobisko\, Peter Solan and Štefan Uher.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Le Fanu is a London-based film historian who has written books on Tarkovsky\, on Mizoguchi and on the contribution made to European cinema by the depleted tradition of Christianity (‘Believing in Film’\, Bloomsbury\, 2019). Essays by him on individual classic films can be found on criterion.com\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets £15 each including a glass of wine see booking link below\n\n\n\n\nImage: promotional material © Barrandov Studios ‘Loves of a Blonde’\, ‘Closely Observed Trains’\, ‘The Cremator’\, ‘The House on the Main Street’
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-fresh-look-at-the-czech-new-wave/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231126T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231126T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
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SUMMARY:Oddsockeaters
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the adventurous world of Oddsockeaters\, mischievous creatures responsible for socks that go missing. This is a secret society with only two rules – never take the full pair and don´t get caught! Courage is required and young Hugo has plenty of it. When his grandpa dies\, he moves in with his gangster uncle ‘Big Boss’ and two crazy cousins.  \nSet against the backdrop of a gangster story involving two feuding gangs of oddsockeaters\, this is a heart-warmingly comical story based on the bestselling books by Pavel Šrut with illustrations by Galina Miklínová\, who has turned the books into a fantastic 3D family animation and a big domestic hit. \nThe film will be screened in Czech with English subtitles. Recommended age: 6+ \nFollowed by a workshop with Galina Miklínová. \nAdmission: £7 (+ Eventbrite fee) see booking link below \nPart of the 27th Made in Prague Festival. For full programme details see 27th Made in Prague Festival / Czech Centre London (czechcentres.cz)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/oddsockeaters-galina-miklinova/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T230000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
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SUMMARY:BCSA/CBCC annual dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second annual dinner held with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce at the May Fair Hotel\, Stratton Street\, London (nearest underground Green Park). \nThis highlight in the BCSA calendar is a wonderful opportunity for Slovaks\, Czechs and Britons to mingle in a convivial atmosphere\, to meet old friends and make new ones. \nIf you are a newcomer to the BCSA or to London\, we would like to extend a special invitation and welcome you into our friendly community. Kindly note that you may request seating at a table with your friends. \nKeynote speakers: \nSir Michael Burton\, former British Ambassador in Prague \nPetr Kovařík\, CVO Prague Chocolatier\, Steiner & Kovarik \nThe winner of the BCSA’s annual writing competition will be announced and you might win an exciting prize in the raffle including: \nBuxton Crescent Hotel two nights bed & breakfast (donated by CP Holdings Hotel Division) \nHotel Hills or Horizont Resort two nights half board in Stará Lesná\, High Tatra Mountains\, Slovakia (donated by Dr Jan Telensky) \nNové Lázně two nights bed & breakfast in Mariánské Lázně\, Czechia (donated by CP Holdings Hotel Division) \nThermia Palace two nights bed & breakfast in Piešt’any\, Slovakia (donated by CP Holdings Hotel Division) \n  \nTicket prices include a glass of sparkling wine upon arrival\, a three-course set dinner with a half a bottle of wine\, still/sparkling water\, coffee/tea. \n· Members £ 77.50 \n· Non members £ 90.00 \n· Students £ 65.00 \n· Non members group (5 or more) £77.50 \n  \nSee booking link below –  final date 21 November \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-cbcc-annual-dinner-2/
LOCATION:The May Fair Hotel\, Stratton Street\, London\, W1J 8LT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T213000
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SUMMARY:From My Homeland concert 4
DESCRIPTION:  \nJohannes Brahms (1833-97) Selection from 21 Hungarian Dances (for piano duet) \nAntonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Love Songs Op. 83  (arranged by David Matthews for mezzo-soprano\, string quartet and double bass) \n\n\nBedřich Smetana (1824-1884) The Fisherman (Goethe)  (for reciter\, string quartet\, double bass\, harp and accordion) \n\n\n\nAntonín Dvořák (1841-1904) String Quartet in F Op. 96 ‘American’ \nThe rippling waves of Smetana’s The Fisherman are remarkably prescient of Wagner’s Das Rheingold. Dvořák’s Love Songs rework an earlier cycle to magnificent effect and his Trio\, as much Mozartian as Bohemian\, was praised for its ‘wealth of beautiful melody.’ Brahms’s brilliant Hungarian Dances and Dvořák’s beloved String Quartet Op. 96 ‘The American’ complete the programme. \n\n\nNash Ensemble\nSimon Crawford-Phillips piano\n\n\nAlasdair Beatson piano\nStephanie Gonley violin\nJonathan Stone violin\nLawrence Power viola\nAdrian Brendel cello\nGraham Mitchell double bass\nLucy Wakeford harp\nRenata Pokupić mezzo-soprano\n\nsee booking link below \nThe regions of Bohemia and Moravia endured political\, military and linguistic control by multiple nations and governments in the 19th and 20th centuries. ‘From My Homeland’ showcases some of the most vibrant\, imaginative and unusual works written in the 1800s and 1900s\, as well as music by Johannes Brahms – friend and champion of Antonín Dvořák. \nThe series (October 2023 to March 2024) also includes a day of concerts\, films and talks dedicated to the victims of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp between 1941-45. \nillustration: Moravian Teachers’ Choir poster by Alphonse Mucha
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/from-my-homeland-concert-4/
LOCATION:Wigmore Hall\, 36 Wigmore Street\, London\, W1U 2BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T183000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
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SUMMARY:From My Homeland concert 3
DESCRIPTION:Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)        Pohádka\n\n\n\n\nJosef Suk        (1874-1935)       Selection from 4 pieces for violin and piano Op. 17\n\n\n\n\nJohannes Brahms (1833-97)     Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 101\n  \nJanáček’s magical Pohádka explores a world of princesses and monsters\, while Suk’s 4 Pieces are rich with untold stories. Even the scherzo of Brahms’s Trio was once described as hurrying ‘like a frightened child.’ \n\n\n\n\nNash Ensemble\nSimon Crawford-Phillips piano\nStephanie Gonley violin\nAdrian Brendel cello\n\n\n\n\nsee booking link below \nThe regions of Bohemia and Moravia endured political\, military and linguistic control by multiple nations and governments in the 19th and 20th centuries. ‘From My Homeland’ showcases some of the most vibrant\, imaginative and unusual works written in the 1800s and 1900s\, as well as music by Johannes Brahms – friend and champion of Antonín Dvořák. \nThe series (October 2023 to March 2024) also includes a day of concerts\, films and talks dedicated to the victims of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp between 1941-45. \nillustration: Moravian Teachers’ Choir poster by Alphonse Mucha
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/from-my-homeland-concert-3/
LOCATION:Wigmore Hall\, 36 Wigmore Street\, London\, W1U 2BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
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SUMMARY:Il Boemo
DESCRIPTION:A biopic of Josef Mysliveček\, one of the most prolific opera composers in 18th century Italy\, who was admired by Mozart and forgotten by history. \nIt’s 1764 and a charismatic Czech musician arrives in Venice to fulfil his dream of becoming an opera composer. His fortune changes along with his unpronounceable name when he forms a liaison with a libertine marquise who introduces him to a hedonistic existence and high society.  \nAs Il Boemo he is commissioned to write an opera for the San Carlo\, Europe’s largest theatre and soon becomes one of the biggest stars of the Italian opera\, working closely with legendarily volatile opera diva La Gabrielli\, writing an opera for the King of Naples and inspiring and befriending Mozart. \nEmphasising personal relationships\, director Petr Václav\, who has meticulously researched the composer\, uses flashbacks to tell Mysliveček’s extraordinary story from his ascent to glory to his death in poverty ravaged by syphilis. \nThe screening will be followed by Q&A with actor Vojtěch Dyk and director Petr Václav. \nsee booking link below \nPart of the 27th Made in Prague Festival. For full programme details see 27th Made in Prague Festival / Czech Centre London (czechcentres.cz)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/il-boemo/
LOCATION:Prince Charles Cinema\, 7 Leicester Place\, London\, WC2H 7BY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230726T141706Z
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SUMMARY:Emmy Destinn Young Singers Awards Final
DESCRIPTION:13th competition final – talented young singers perform Czech arias and songs \nArthur Bruce                baritone \nSian Dicker                  soprano \nFreya Holliman            soprano \nJohanna Harries          mezzo-soprano \nKirsty MacLean            soprano \nMartin Smaukstelis      tenor \nDuncan Stenhouse       bass \n  \ntickets on the day at the venue £5\, students free
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/emmy-destinn-young-singers-awards-2023/
LOCATION:Velehrad London\, 39 Lonsdale Road\, London\, SW13 9JP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20231016T133044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T133200Z
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SUMMARY:Trio Bohemo
DESCRIPTION:Two concerts from a tour in the UK by this prizewinning Czech ensemble. These include the International Johannes Brahms Competition\, the Parkhouse Award in London and the Haydn Competition in Vienna\, plus a special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Haydn.  \nMatouš Pěruška violin \nKristina Vocetková cello \nJan Vojtek piano \nThursday 16 November 19.30-20.30 Hemsted Park\, Benenden School\, Cranbrook\, TN17 4AA \nHaydn Piano Trio in C major\,  Dvořák Piano Trio Dumky\,  Paul Schoenfield Café Music \nTrio Bohemo at Hemsted Park – Centenary Hall event tickets from TicketSource \nFriday 17 November 19.30-20.30 St Leonard’s Church\, High Street\, Flamstead AL3 8BS \nMusic at St Leonard’s event tickets from TicketSource.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/trio-bohemo-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20231007T160419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231007T160419Z
UID:8824-1700161200-1700168400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Book of Prague; A City in Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION: The launch of an anthology of short stories by the 10 of Prague´s  famous writers that present the city in a completely new light. Away from the Old Town Square\, these stories take us into less-visited corners of the city. From the steep streets of the Žižkov neighbourhood\, to the flood-ravished suburb of Karlín\, from the tensions experienced by the city’s Romani community to the dehumanising post-war redevelopment of areas like Libeň proving that there are always sides to a city’s character you would never have imagined. \nA discussion chaired by Ra Page with Marek Šindelka and co-editors Ivana Myšková and Jan Zikmund. \nThe Book of Prague – A City in Short Fiction | Comma Press  \nAdmission: £5 (+Eventbrite fee) see booking link below \nPart of the 27th Made in Prague Festival. For full programme details see 27th Made in Prague Festival / Czech Centre London (czechcentres.cz)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/book-of-prague/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T210000
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SUMMARY:International Students' Day: why is 17 November important?
DESCRIPTION:Do you know why and how it was decided that International Students’ Day would fall on 17 November? Come and find out about the role Czech students played in establishing International Students’ Day\, the importance of 17 November for Czechs and the world in the past and today. \nThe debate will start with a short history video created by Dr George Scott entitled “Not Forgotten” about the student protest in Prague on 28th October 1939\, Czechoslovak Independence Day\, following the Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia. Students were rounded up\, over 1\,000 were sent to concentration camps and all Czech universities and colleges were closed. \nFour speakers who will each bring their perspective to the discussion. Dr George Scott will discuss events in 1939 that inspired the establishment of  International Students’ Day. The chair of the Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovaks Gerry Manolas will introduce the work of Central Union of Czechoslovak students in London that was instrumental in establishing this day. Both Dr. Scott and Gerry Manolas are relatives of the founding members of Central Union of Czechoslovak students. Professor Jan Marek will talk about events on 17 November 1989 where he was personally present and Maxim Višnovský will discuss what 17 November means to him and his fellow students\, placing it within the broader historical context. \nDr George Scott is related to General Václav Paleček\, co-founder and president of International Students’ Day. His video is viewed through the involvement of Charles University student\, Max Martischnig\, who subsequently avoided capture and certain death.  \nGerry Manolas is the grand-daughter of Bohuslav (Slava) Šulc\, Secretary General of the Central Union of Czechoslovak Students. Slava was one of the founding members who helped with the declaration of International Students’ Day on November 17th 1940. \nProfessor Jan Marek\, a consultant cardiologist\, has worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) since 2005. He was one of the students who peacefully demonstrated on 17 November 1989 in Prague and suffered a broken arm from the police.   \nMaxim Višnovský is a Czech student of war studies at King’s College London now in his third year. He spent the last year at Keio University in Tokyo as part of his bachelor’s degree. Maxim currently specialises in Russian foreign policy and international security \nThis event is free\, but registration is essential via the Eventbrite link below. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed. \n We are fundraising for the BCSA School Support Fund so please donate if you can.  \n  \nOur thanks to the Czech Embassy and Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans for their support and cooperation.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/international-students-day-why-is-17-november-important/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231110T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231110T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20231030T192558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T192558Z
UID:8926-1699642800-1699650000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Building Hitler’s Empire
DESCRIPTION:Another chance to see Mirek Gosney’s documentary ‘Building Hitler’s Empire’. \nThe Nazis forced millions of Europeans to serve their war machine. Mirek’s great-grandfather was among them. This is the story of the forgotten. \nMirek draws upon family history and his maternal Czech roots\, starting with a musty box of old photographs from his grandmother’s cellar. Last summer he and his brother\, Miloš\, visited the German town where their great-grandfather was sent to work in a garage. Through a combination of photographs\, postcards\, Czech and German archives and interviews with former workers’ families\, Mirek created a three-part mini-series. \nTickets are available at: https://shorturl.at/opN45  
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/building-hitlers-empire-2/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231029T131500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231029T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230726T134210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230726T134210Z
UID:8491-1698585300-1698595200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Brookwood commemoration service
DESCRIPTION:The Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans (MAFCSV) will be holding its 2023 commemoration service at the Czechoslovak monument.  \nIf you would like to attend please can you contact  chair@mafcsv.co.uk so they can send you an invitation.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/brookwood-commemoration-service/
LOCATION:Brookwood Military Cemetery\, Surrey\, GU24 0JB\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231027T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230925T142829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T172444Z
UID:8746-1698433200-1698440400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Building Hitler's Empire
DESCRIPTION:Premiere of Mirek Gosney’s documentary ‘Building Hitler’s Empire’. \nThe Nazis forced millions of Europeans to serve their war machine. Mirek’s great-grandfather was among them. This is the story of the forgotten. \nMirek draws upon family history and his maternal Czech roots\, starting with a musty box of old photographs from his grandmother’s cellar. Last summer he and his brother\, Miloš\, visited the German town where their great-grandfather was sent to work in a garage. Through a combination of photographs\, postcards\, Czech and German archives and interviews with former workers’ families\, Mirek created a three-part mini-series. \nFollowing the screening\, Dr Jakub Beneš will chair a discussion with Mirek and any questions from the audience. \nDr Beneš is an Associate Professor in Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies\, University College London. He shares a personal family connection to Nazi forced labour. “My grandfather was one of those who ended up in Berlin\, part of a forced labour contingent cleaning up rubble after bombing raids. His health never recovered.” \nBook tickets via the Eventbrite link below. They include a voluntary donation to the Ukraine Crisis Appeal\, organised by the British Red Cross.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/building-hitlers-empire/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231024T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231024T203000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20231006T142140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T123221Z
UID:8785-1698172200-1698179400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:‘Son of an enemy of the state’ (Syn nepřitele státu)
DESCRIPTION:This film\, made in 2022\, marked the 70th anniversary of one of the most extensive\, infamous trials in post-war Czechoslovakia. Fourteen accused communist functionaries stood before the Supreme Court in Prague. The court sentenced eleven to death plus forfeiture of their property and loss of civil rights. All defendants waived their right to appeal. After President Klement Gottwald refused their pleas for clemency\, they were executed on 3 December 1952.  \nAmong them was Otto Šling. His son\, Karel Šling\, is one of the last direct descendants of any of the eleven executed men. Even at the age of seventy-five\, he does not give the impression of being a happy and equable man.  To this day\, Karel (and his children) are coming to terms with the traumas over which he had no influence. \nKarel will be in discussion with Eva Tomanová following a screening of her documentary film in Czech with English subtitles. \nEva Tomanova is a Czech author and director with a background in journalism. For the past 12 years\, she has worked for Czech TV\, Febio\, TV Barrandov and as a director of documentary films and TV programmes.  \n\nThis event will take place in person and also livestreamed. Refreshments will be provided. \nBCSA members enjoy free entry but registration is essential. See Eventbrite link below. \nNon-members £10\, full-time students £5.  \nAll proceeds from this event will go to the BCSA School Support Fund established in 2004 to provide English language and other materials for Czech and Slovak schools and other educational institutions.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/son-of-an-enemy-of-the-state-syn-nepritele-statu/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231014T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231014T213000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230606T170820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T170937Z
UID:8262-1697311800-1697319000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:From My Homeland concert 2
DESCRIPTION:Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)   Terzetto in C Op. 74   Gypsy Songs Op. 55 \nBedřich Smetana (1824-84)    Evening Songs \nJohannes Brahms (1833-97)   Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 \nSmetana wrote very few songs\, but his majestic Evening Songs are a fitting foil in this concert for Dvořák’s fiery and popular Gypsy Songs. The elegant domesticity of Dvořák’s Bagatelles is likewise contrasted with Brahms’s formidable Piano Quintet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNash Ensemble\nAlasdair Beatson piano\nBenjamin Nabarro violin\nMichael Gurevich violin\nLars Anders Tomter viola\nAdrian Brendel cello\nLucy Crowe soprano\n\n\nsee booking link below \nThe regions of Bohemia and Moravia endured political\, military and linguistic control by multiple nations and governments in the 19th and 20th centuries. ‘From My Homeland’ showcases some of the most vibrant\, imaginative and unusual works written in the 1800s and 1900s\, as well as music by Johannes Brahms – friend and champion of Antonín Dvořák. \nThe series (October 2023 to March 2024) also includes a day of concerts\, films and talks dedicated to the victims of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp between 1941-45. \nillustration: Moravian Teachers’ Choir poster by Alphonse Mucha
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/from-my-homeland-concert-2/
LOCATION:Wigmore Hall\, 36 Wigmore Street\, London\, W1U 2BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231014T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231014T183000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230606T164611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T171056Z
UID:8249-1697304600-1697308200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:From My Homeland concert 1
DESCRIPTION:Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)   Miniatures Op. 75a for 2 violins and viola \nJosef Suk (1874-1935)            Elegie for piano trio Op. 23 \nJohannes Brahms (1833-97)   Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 \nThese three highly personal works bring together Suk’s memorial to the famous Bohemian writer Julius Zeyer\, and one of Brahms’s pieces for the virtuoso clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld. Dvořák’s delightful Miniatures were written for performance with an old colleague and a next-door neighbour. \n\nNash Ensemble\nAlasdair Beatson piano\nRichard Hosford clarinet\nBenjamin Nabarro violin\nMichael Gurevich violin\nLars Anders Tomter viola\nAdrian Brendel cello\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsee booking link below \nThe regions of Bohemia and Moravia endured political\, military and linguistic control by multiple nations and governments in the 19th and 20th centuries. ‘From My Homeland’ showcases some of the most vibrant\, imaginative and unusual works written in the 1800s and 1900s\, as well as music by Johannes Brahms – friend and champion of Antonín Dvořák.  \nThe series (October 2023 to March 2024) also includes a day of concerts\, films and talks dedicated to the victims of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp between 1941-45. \nillustration: Moravian Teachers’ Choir poster by Alphonse Mucha
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/from-my-homeland-concert/
LOCATION:Wigmore Hall\, 36 Wigmore Street\, London\, W1U 2BP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231013T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230812T154752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T144910Z
UID:8548-1697133600-1697227200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:One Life - European premiere
DESCRIPTION:One Life will receive its European premiere at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall as part of the 67th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express. \nThe film tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton\, a young London broker (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins) who\, in the months leading up to the Second World War\, rescued 669 children from the Nazis.  \nThursday 12 October 2023 18:00\, Southbank Centre\, Royal Festival Hall\n\n\nFriday 13 October 2023 11:00\, Southbank Centre\, Royal Festival Hall\n\n\nSunday 15 October 2023 12:30\, Curzon Mayfair\, Screen 1\n\nTickets go on sale 12 September. \nGeneral release in UK cinemas from 5 January 2024. \nMore details here \nImage: One Life (2023) © See-Saw Films / Warner Bros. Pictures
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/one-life-european-premiere/
LOCATION:Royal Festival Hall\, Belvedere Road\, South Bank\, London\, Select a State or Province:\, SE1 8XT\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230918T162608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T110241Z
UID:8687-1696442400-1696449600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:A change of direction? Slovakia’s parliamentary elections
DESCRIPTION:A  roundtable discussion co-organised by the UCL SSEES Study of Central Europe seminar series and the British Czech and Slovak Association. \nLeading academic specialists assess the election results and consider their likely implications for Slovakia’s democracy\, foreign policy and position in Europe. \nThis free event will take place in person and will also be livestreamed online via Zoom. Please register for either via the Eventbrite link below. \nPanel: \nProf Tim Haughton (University of Birmingham) \nTim Haughton is Professor of Comparative and European Politics at the University of Birmingham. Tim’s research interests encompass electoral and party politics\, electoral campaigning\, and the domestic politics of several countries in Central and Eastern Europe. He is the co-author with Kevin Deegan-Krause of The New Party Challenge: Changing Cycles of Party Birth and Death in Central Europe and Beyond (Oxford University Press\, 2020). He has a particular interest in the politics of Slovakia and has written on every parliamentary election since 2002. Tim has good links with the policymaking community having briefed inter alia five British ambassadors to Slovakia before they took up their posts in Bratislava. \nDr Karen Henderson (University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava) \nKaren Henderson first travelled to Slovakia in the 1980s and was a British Council scholar in Bratislava and Prague in 1987-88. She now lectures in Politics and European Studies at the Faculty of Social Science of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. She was previously Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Leicester\, and moved to Bratislava in 2013\, working initially at Comenius University. She has written widely on both the domestic politics of the Slovak Republic and EU eastern enlargement\, focusing on Euroscepticism and the influence of domestic politics on EU decision making and is the author of Slovakia: The Escape from Invisibility (Routledge\, 2002). She also a frequent commentator on UK politics for the Slovak media. \nDr Michal Ovádek (UCL Department of Political Science) \nMichal Ovádek is Assistant Professor in European Institutions\, Politics and Policy at UCL Department of Political Science. Prior to joining UCL\, he was postdoctoral researcher at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden having previously worked between 2019 and 2021a political advisor in the European Parliament. He obtained his PhD at KU Leuven in Belgium and his research is focused on the interaction of law and politics in the European Union\, both in the judicial and the legislative arena. He maintains an interest in judicial politics more generally and in the regional and domestic politics of Central and Eastern Europe. \nAdriana Svitkova \nAdriana Svítková is a double alumna of the London School of Economics specializing in the politics of Central and Eastern Europe. She is currently working as a social media researcher focusing on misinformation and disinformation relating to the 2023 Slovak elections. Fluent in several regional languages\, Adriana specializes in researching foreign influence as well as the attitudes of immigrants in Central and Eastern Europe. She received the LSE Department of Government prize for her dissertation called The ‘Othering’ of ‘Eastern’ Europe in Brexit Britain: Surveying and Examining Immigrant Attitudes. Adriana had previously worked in the European Commission and led the largest academic conference on Czech Republic and Slovakia outside the se countries – the LSESU Central European Conference. \nChair: \nDr Sean Hanley (UCL SSEES) \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-change-of-direction-slovakias-parliamentary-elections/
LOCATION:UCL SSEES\, 16 Taviton St\, London\, WC1H 0BW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231001T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231105T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230323T103203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T103158Z
UID:7948-1696154400-1699210800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Eternal Mucha exhibition in Paris
DESCRIPTION:This immersive and interactive exhibition uses the most advanced projection technologies within captivating scenography in order to offer visitors a unique experience of Mucha’s work and influences. \nIt tells the story of Alphonse Mucha and his humanist ambition in three acts: as a master of the poster in Paris; at a turning point in his career in 1900\, when he was heavily involved in the Universal Exhibition in Paris; and through the presentation of his monumental works\, namely the Slav Epic\, which develops a vision of Slav history as a pacifist model for the world that resonates today more than ever.  \nThe exhibition also focuses on his permanent influence\, from the pacifist “Flower Power” movement of the sixties to Japanese manga\, superheroes\, street artists and even tattoo art. \nOpening hours: \nMonday 12.00 -19.00 \nWednesday – Sunday 10.00- 19.00 (late night Wednesday to 21.00) \nclosed on Tuesday \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/eternal-mucha-exhibition-in-paris/
LOCATION:Grand Palais Immersif\, 110 rue de Lyon\, Paris\, France
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230926T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230707T191847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T191847Z
UID:8431-1695754800-1695762000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Eva Jiřičná Czech Architect
DESCRIPTION:During the talk Ms Jiřičná\, who is best known for her shop interiors and residential projects\, will discuss her signature glass staircases and the limits of structural engineering as well as her most recent projects and the need for sustainable architecture. \nFurthermore\, the talk will touch on the topics such as the importance of public spaces\, green living and regeneration of city suburbs. Using her 50+ years experience in the field\, Ms Jiřičná will compare how various challenges are approached in different parts of the world and she will give a brief overview of the changing tasks architects have faced in the last 40-50 years. \nThe final part of the evening will allow enough time for questions from the audience to open a lively discussion on architecture\, urbanism\, and beyond. \nAdmission £5 see booking link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/eva-jiricna-czech-architect/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230921T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230921T203000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230723T110216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230822T163635Z
UID:8478-1695321000-1695328200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Yes we can!
DESCRIPTION:Petr Torák’s account of advancing the cause of the Roma people\, his community work and the Obama Leadership Programme. \nIn 1999 Petr arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker from the Czech Republic. He volunteered in a law firm before obtaining a work permit then he worked in fast food\, agriculture and the security industry. From 2006-17  Petr was a police community officer and then a police officer in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary. \nIn 2015 he was awarded an MBE for his community work. He is chief executive officer of COMPAS\, a community charity that he co-founded in 2010. It provides education and leisure activities for Czechs and Slovaks living in Peterborough. \nIn 2021 Petr became Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Peterborough. \nIn 2023 he was selected for the Obama Leadership Programme which identifies emerging leaders working in government\, civil society and the private sector who have demonstrated a a commitment to advancing the common good. In June he met with president Obama and discussed the issues the Roma community are facing and possible solutions. \n  \nBCSA events will now be hybrid\, so can be attended in person or online! \nSubscription members enjoy free access to our events programme but need to book on Eventbrite. \nFor non-members there is a payment of £10 or £5 for full -time students. \nIf you wish to use the livestream option on Zoom contact events@bcas.co.uk for the link. \n  \nSee booking link below \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/petr-torak-roma-obama/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230919T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230919T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230707T190737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T190737Z
UID:8426-1695150000-1695157200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Karel Schwarzenberg - my father
DESCRIPTION:An intimate portrait of the relationship between Karel Schwarzenberg\, Chancellor to Václav Havel\, a key figure of post-November 1989 Czech politics and the head of one of the oldest and richest noble families\, and his daughter Lila Schwarzenberg. The screening will be followed by Q&A with Lila. \nThe filmmaker\, who admits being afraid of her reticent and overpowering father when younger\, uses a camera to facilitate a difficult and a long overdue father-daughter conversation daringly probing into their shared past and complicated relationship. Her story of a girl\, who resists  convention and aristocratic protocols  while growing up in a family tradition dominated by men and hereditary princes\, is woven into the story of her famous\, charismatic father whose childhood was marked by dispossession and expulsion\, and who despite all odds became a statesman\, head of Schwarzenberg family and revolutionary.  \nFilmed over the course of five years in family residencies in Prague and Vienna\, and Orlik and Murau castles\, the originally envisaged  documentary about Karel Schwarzenberg becomes  a highly intimate portrait of two people who are both familiar and yet strangers trying to find a way to each other against the backdrop of a turbulent family history marked by turns of fate.  \nIn German with English subtitles \nAdmission £5 see booking link below \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/karel-schwarzenberg-my-father/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230916T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230916T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230707T184758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T184758Z
UID:8423-1694862000-1694883600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Emil Zátopek Run
DESCRIPTION:The Thames Valley Harriers (TVH) athletic club and the Czech Centre (CC) have the pleasure to invite you to the second London charity run\, organised in the name of the brilliant Czech runner Emil Zátopek\, to raise funds towards The Zátopek‘s Athletic Fellowship supporting young athletes in Western London. \nDistance: 5k\, 3k & 2k\nCategories:\n\nU11 (2k) (start at 11:00)\nU13 and U15 (3k)\nU17 and the Main run (5k) (start at 12:00)\n\nEntry fee: £10/£5 (under 17s) \n(All entry fees and donations will contribute towards the Zátopek Athletics Fellowship) \nOpen to all | Families welcome\nFood\, BBQ\, Czech beer and other refreshments after the run\n \nRegister online via Entry4Sports by 14 September 2023 (see instructions below) \nWalk-In registrations on the day are also welcome (please register 1 hr before the start of your race) \nHOW TO REGISTER\n\nClick on the following link: https://entry4sports.co.uk/zatopek\nClick on Enter\nIf you are new to Entry4Sports you need to Register as new user\nOnce in the entry portal\, click “add athlete” under the “athletes” tab. If the athlete is registered with England Athletics (EA)\, click “registered” and enter the associated EA URN (which you can find on your EA profile/account. If unregistered\, click “not registered” and complete First Name\, Surname\, Date of Birth\, and Club (if applicable) fields\, before clicking “save” in the bottom right corner. The athlete will then appear under the “athletes” tab in your entry portal.\nClick on the athlete\, then click on the tick box next to the event you wish to enter. You then must view your basket and checkout for your entry to be complete and accepted.\n\nDIRECTIONS: \nRace registration will be next to the Thames Valley Harriers clubhouse in Linford Christie Stadium\, 2 minutes walk from the race start line in Wormwood Scrubs park. The entrance for cars is Artillery Lane off Du Cane Rd\, between the hospitals and prison\, postcode for satnav W12 OAE. At the end of Artillery Lane approaching the Scrubs\, there is a 6’ 6” height barrier entrance to the main car park\, the stadium is located at the end of the car park. \nFor public transport East Acton on the Central Line is the closest station\, a few minutes walk from the stadium. Buses stop on Du Cane Rd near Artillery Lane\, please see details for buses stopping at Hammersmith Hospital on the Transport for London website. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-emil-zatopek-run-2/
LOCATION:Linford Christie Athletic Stadium\, Linford Christie Road\, London\, W12 0DF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230914T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230915T193000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230803T142528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230803T142701Z
UID:8524-1694714400-1694806200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Libor Šmoldas & Nigel Price play jazz
DESCRIPTION:Two internationally respected jazz guitarists come together for two special nights of music. Libor and Nigel met in 2019 and got on like a house on fire on a short tour of the UK. It’s time for the reunion! \n14th September 2023\, 6pm\nRonnie Scott’s\, 47 Frith St\, London W1D 4HT\nDoors opens 6 pm\, show: 7 – 8.45 pm\nMore info and booking \n15th September 2023\nHampstead Jazz Club\, 23-25 New End\, London NW3 1JD\nDoors 7.30 pm\, show: 8 – 9.30 pm\nMore info and booking \nLIBOR ŠMOLDAS \nLibor Šmoldas is a Prague based jazz guitarist and composer who has worked and recorded with international stars such as George Mraz\, Jeff Ballard\, Sam Yahel\, Bobby Watson\, Adam Nussbaum\, Brian Charette\, Jay Anderson and James Morrison. He has recorded seven albums as a leader\, and has toured the world multiple times in esteemed company\, most recently with Australian trumpet star James Morrison. \nNIGEL PRICE \nNigel is one of the most highly regarded and in demand guitarists on the UK jazz scene today. He spent three years with UK funk legends – ‘The James Taylor Quartet’\, was voted No.1 in the 2016 British Jazz Awards for “best guitarist” and is also a regular performer at Ronnie Scott’s\, where he’s played around 600 times. His blend of flowing bebop lines and deep blues feeling has made him popular with jazz\, blues and funk audiences across the World.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/libor-smoldas-nigel-price-play-jazz/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230812T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231007T180000
DTSTAMP:20260412T234959
CREATED:20230627T102857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T102857Z
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SUMMARY:Markéta Luskačová exhibition Edinburgh
DESCRIPTION:The first exhibition in Scotland dedicated to the work of Prague-born\, UK-based photographer\, Markéta Luskačová. It will concentrate on Luskačová’s photographs of children. An interest in the life of children permeates almost all of Luskačová’s work and there were several years when this was the main subject of her photography as seen in the series\, ‘Citizen 2000’ (1986-2000) and in her work from the 1960s onwards documenting: Pilgrims; Juvenile Jazz Bands in the North of England; Durham Cathedral and Chorister School; London markets; Chiswick Women’s Aid; and carnivals in the Czech Republic. \nLuskačová was born in 1944 and became a freelance photographer in 1968 whilst undertaking postgraduate studies in Photography at the Academy of Film and Fine Arts\, Prague. She relocated to London in 1975 and was a Nominee Photographer with Magnum Photographic Agency\, Paris from 1976-80. Since 1971\, Luskačová’s work has featured in exhibitions around the world and notable solo exhibitions have been held at the V&A\, London (1983-84); Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood\, then a branch of the V&A\, London (1989) Whitechapel Gallery\, London (1991); Stills Gallery\, Sydney\, Australia (1998); Leica Gallery\, Prague (2014); Tate Britain\, London (2018-19); and The Martin Parr Foundation\, Bristol (2019). \nTuesday – Saturday\, 11am – 5pm (11am – 6pm during August) \nThis exhibition has been developed in partnership with the Centre for British Photography\, London where it will be presented from January – April 2024. \nphoto: Two boys with their jumpers over their heads\, Booker Avenue Primary School\, Liverpool (1988)\, courtesy Markéta Luskačová
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/marketa-luskacova-exhibition-edinburgh/
LOCATION:Stills: Centre for Photography\, 23 Cockburn Street\, Edinburgh\, Scotland EH1 1BP\, United Kingdom
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