Last Days in Old Europe
A talk by Richard Bassett former Times correspondent in Eastern Europe and author of the widely acclaimed Last Days in Old Europe reflects on more than 40 years of association with the Czech lands. First... Read more »
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Czech Embassy 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London
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Edita Gruberová, Slovak opera singer
Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonEdita Gruberová (1946-2021) was born and subsequently trained in Bratislava, Slovakia, then part of the former Czechoslovakia. This illustrated talk by Ross Alley will trace her development as a singer... Read more »
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Bat’a Tilbury Heritage Open Day
Bata Heritage Centre East Tilbury Library, Princess Avenue, East Tilbury, Essex, United KingdomOur main exhibition displays, records and research facilities are now back in the newly refurbished East Tilbury Library. Here you will find displays of some of our collection illustrating the... Read more »
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Extreme [the new norm]
A satire about life in a pandemic. ). The Slovak Theatre in London reflects on the biggest event of the past decade which globally influenced the life of every individual.... Read more »
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Daria Klimentová
Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonHaving spent most of her career as a lead principal dancer at the English National Ballet, Daria will discuss her journey from ballet beginnings in communist Czechoslovakia to her peak... Read more »
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Antonín Dvořák piano trios
Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London, United KingdomTwo members of the Pavel Haas Quartet are joined by a leading pianist for two of Dvořák’s piano trios. When the F minor piece received its first Viennese performance in... Read more »
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Two on a motorbike – Lidice remembered
Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonFollow an English husband and Czech wife on their route from Cholmondeley Castle to Stoke-on-Trent, then on to Lidice and Prague. Hear about their encounters on the way and retrace... Read more »
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The Trial: Prague 1952
Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, LondonFilm screening followed by Q&A with director Ruth Zylberman (filmmaker and author) and Ivan Margolius (see below). In 2018 workers in Prague find film reels that had been hidden in an... Read more »
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Milan Kundera documentary
Institut Francais 17 Queensberry Place, London, United KingdomThis rare documentary, Odyssée des illusions trahies, examines the singular and enigmatic trajectory of one of the most widely read writers in the world. From his time in communist Czechoslovakia... Read more »
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East Tilbury walking tour – Czech Shoes and Mucking Flats
East Tilbury station Princess Margaret Road, East Tilbury, United KingdomNinth in a series of walks along the Thames organised by Footprints of London, this walk looks at the Bauhaus inspired Bata shoe factory built in the 1930s with a... Read more »