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SUMMARY:Brutal Beauty: A Video Tour of the Czech Embassy in London
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the premiere of a tour of one the prime examples of Brutalist architecture in London and discover what’s hiding behind the facade of the Czech Embassy. \n\nOwen Hatherley\, architecture critic and author of Landscapes of Communism: A History through Buildings\, will guide you through the recently refurbished London Czech Embassy from its spectacular roof terrace with iconic water towers to the original cinema in the basement. \nDesigned by the leading Czech architectural duo Jan Šrámek and Jan Bočan\, in collaboration with the architect of the Royal Festival Hall\, Robert Mathew\, it was awarded in 1971 RIBA London Region Award and marked a significant redevelopment in the Notting Hill Gate area in the late ‘60s. \nLooking back to pre-war Czech Modernism and post-war architecture\, Owen Hatherley will discuss its influence in Britain while exploring the obtuse angles and concrete details of the building designed in accordance with the prevailing architectural trends and representing the best of Brutalist architecture. \nFree event\n \nFollowed by a live discussion on ZOOM with Owen Hatherley \nTo receive a reminder and ZOOM link for discussion book on Eventbrite\n\nOrganised by the Czech Centre London in collaboration with the Czech and Slovak Embassies in London and the London Festival of Architecture.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/brutal-beauty-a-video-tour-of-the-czech-embassy-in-london/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210527T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210527T210000
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SUMMARY:Foursquare: The Last Parachutist
DESCRIPTION:Free Zoom talk with an introduction by Philip Ingram\, MBE\nOn the anniversary of the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague in 1942\, George Bearfield will provide an overview of the book’s story and share photographs from his grandfather’s collection\, many of which have never been seen before. This will be followed by a Q&A.\nPhilip Ingram is a retired colonel from British Military Intelligence. He is now a writer and broadcaster on intelligence and geopolitics.\n\nTo register your interest and obtain your Zoom link for the talk\, please go to https://bit.ly/3haD804\n“A fascinating\, thrilling and meticulously researched trip into an old man’s memory\, a personal voyage of discovery that unveils a hitherto unknown post-script to one of the most famous acts of resistance in the Second World War. Operation Foursquare leads the reader into the gloomy demi-monde of Nazi-occupied Prague\, a world of heroism and betrayal\, patriotism\, perseverance and loss. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the wartime history of Central Europe.”\nRob Cameron\, BBC Prague Correspondent\n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/foursquare-the-last-parachutist/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T191500
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
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SUMMARY:The Low-Beer Story behind Schindler's List and Villa Tugendhat in the Czech Republic
DESCRIPTION:A talk via Zoom by Daniel Low-Beer\, a grandson whose surviving relatives never returned to their homeland. \nBefore the Munich Agreement and the Nazi horrors descended on Czechoslovakia\, Jews were central to the cultural and economic life of Brno. The Low-Beers were industrialists\, textile producers\, diplomats\, movers and shakers\, who were building the new republic after WW1. Some managed to escape\, many perished in concentration camps\, but none has come back. \nHis father was smuggled to Britain as a toddler\, and now Dr. Daniel Low-Beer and the City of Brno\, proud of the Low-Beer legacy\, are working on reconciliation. \nDr. Daniel Low-Beer works at the World Health Organisation as an epidemiologist\, and lives in Geneva\, Switzerland. He is a poet\, writer and is the grandson of the last Jewish owner of the factory that became Schindler’s Ark. \nHis book The Arks\, Kindle Edition\, £6.63\, is available to download from www.amazon.co.uk and all proceeds go to saving and rebuilding Schindler’s Ark\n \nAlso available in Czech from:\nwww.kosmas.cz/knihy/280854/the-arks/ \nPlease email  info@czechfriends.net to participate. The event is free but please consider making a donation at www.czechfriends.net/payments \n  \nImages from the top: © UPVISION used with the co-operation of CzechTourism; other images courtesy of the Low-Beer family archive and from the public domain \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-low-beer-story-behind-schindlers-list-and-villa-tugendhat-in-the-czech-republic/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210520T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210520T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210412T174020Z
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SUMMARY:The Black Death in Bohemia: a medieval pandemic
DESCRIPTION:A Zoom lecture by Dr Mark Whelan. \nThe coming of the Black Death to Europe was a defining epidemiological event\, killing anywhere between twenty-five and eighty percent of the continent’s population in the years 1347-1351. With Covid-19 sweeping the globe\, interest in past pandemics and the historical comparisons they may provide has never been higher. This talk examines the impact of plague on Bohemia in the medieval and early modern periods\, surveying recent advances in the scholarship and understanding of how the pandemic impacted Central Europe and highlighting the latest archaeological finds unearthed in Czech lands\, including the excavation in recent years of ‘plague pits’ in Kutná Hora stretching back to the fourteenth century.  \nDr Whelan teaches at King’s College London and is an expert on late medieval and early modern Europe\, with a focus on Germany and central Europe. \nIf you wish to participate please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by Tuesday 18th May. \nLogin details will only be shared with those who confirm their attendance. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-black-death-in-bohemia-a-medieval-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210427T163422Z
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SUMMARY:Sh_t happens
DESCRIPTION:EUNIC London in collaboration with the EU Delegation in the UK present the third edition of the In Short\, Europe short film festival\, taking place online from 7-16 May. \nThe caretaker exhausted by everything\, his frustrated wife and one totally depressed deer. Their mutual despair leads them to absurd events\, because… shit happens all the time. \nLive Q&A with filmmakers including David Štumpf will take place online via ZOOM on 13 May 2021 from 7 pm. Register here \nMichaela Mihályi\, David Štumpf\, Czech Republic\, Slovakia\, France 2019\, 13 min no dialogue  \nAll films will be available to watch for FREE for 10 days only within the UK.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/sh_t-happens/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
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SUMMARY:Once upon a time in East Slovakia
DESCRIPTION:EUNIC London in collaboration with the EU Delegation in the UK present the third edition of the In Short\, Europe short film festival\, taking place online from 7-16 May. \nA lonely 40-year-old cesspit worker living a quiet life in a village with his dexterous dog and essential beer supply finds his quality of life threatened by the prospect of a bachelor tax. In a short period of time\, he needs to find a wife.  \nLive Q&A with filmmakers including Adam Šoltés will take place online via ZOOM on 7 May 2021 from 7 pm. Register here \nAdam Šoltés\, CZ / Slovakia 2019\, 30 min \nAll films will be available to watch for FREE for 10 days only within the UK.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/once-upon-a-time-in-east-slovakia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210429T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210412T163010Z
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SUMMARY:Czech Philharmonic  livestream concert
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAMME \nRobert Schumann\nConcerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor\, Op. 54 (34′) \n— Intermission (10′) — \nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\nSymphony No. 2 in C minor\, Op. 17 “Little Russian” (32′) \n\n\nPERFORMERS \nKirill Gerstein    piano \nSemyon Bychkov  conductor \nCzech Philharmonic \nMarek Eben   host \n\nTo be broadcast on Czech Philharmonic social media and ČT art @ 8.15pm CET (7.15pm BST) \nČeská filharmonie | Facebook  \nCzech Philharmonic (@CzechPhil) / Twitter
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-philharmonic-livestream-concert/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210421T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210421T193000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210215T183936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T162908Z
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SUMMARY:Imperial Baroque\, Vienna and Prague
DESCRIPTION:An online talk on Zoom by Caroline Cannon-Brookes \nFollowing the deadly scourge of plague in 1679 and the relief of the Turkish Siege in 1683 the Viennese\, with improved security\, embarked on a great building programme which would provide visible proof of triumphant Catholicism and the Imperial Ideal. Two important Baroque architects emerged at this time\, Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt whose designs for churches and palaces commissioned by the nobility of Bohemia\, Moravia and Vienna have left their mark as we see today.\n\nAfter graduating from the Courtauld Institute\, Caroline Cannon-Brookes taught at Leeds University and was a NADFAS lecturer for many year. She currently teaches for the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education and contributes reviews to the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Co-author with her husband of ‘Baroque Churches’\, she has a special interest in Central Europe and has led many tours to the Czech Republic.\n\nPlease email info@czechfriends.net to participate. The event is free but please consider making a donation at www.czechfriends.net/payments\n\nImages fron the top\, from Creative Commons: Château of Vranov nad Dyjí © Jerzy Strzelecki; monastery in Jablonné v Podještědí © VitVit; Palace of Schönbrunn\, Vienna © LMih; Belvedere Palace\, Vienna © Palacrogalin\n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/imperial-baroque-vienna-and-prague/
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Czech Heritage":MAILTO:info@czechfriends.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210324T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210324T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
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SUMMARY:The Czech Lands through the eyes of Dan Cruickshank
DESCRIPTION:Dan Cruickshank\, a well-known television art and architecture historian\, will share his impressions of the Czech Lands online via Zoom. \nDan’s  travels have taken him to the Czech Lands where he filmed two of his television broadcasts. It might have been his friendship with Jan Kaplický\, as well as with Eva Jiřičná\, that inspired his curiosity in their homeland. In addition\, post-communist countries have always intrigued him. As a child he lived for three years in Poland and attended a Polish school: his father\, a BBC journalist\, decided to embrace his zeal for communism and left the BBC to work for the communist paper Daily Worker in Poland. As an adult Dan made a programme on this chapter in his father’s life and his final disillusionment with communism after the events in Gdansk and Hungary. \nDan is a university professor of the history of architecture with a number of academic publications to his name\, as well as an art journalist. He has used his expertise to create numerous much-loved BBC TV programmes about interesting buildings and man-made artefacts which he encountered on various televised trips. Through them he aimed to chart the history of human civilisation. The repeat of his most popular series Around the World in 80 Treasures is currently showing on BBC 4. In  other shows he has examined how different homes – from medieval cottages and Victorian terraces to high-rise flats – reflect the way people think and live their lives. \nThe talk will precede the formal BCSA AGM. \nIf you wish to participate please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by Monday 22nd March. \nLogin details will only be shared with those who confirm their attendance. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-czech-lands-through-the-eyes-of-dan-cruickshank/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210315T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210315T170000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210311T113548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210311T113548Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of new website about Sir Nicholas Winton
DESCRIPTION:An online presentation by Barbara Winton of the new website she has curated about her father Sir Nicholas Winton  www.nicholaswinton.com \nNicholas Winton was born on 19 May 1909 and died on 1st July 2015 aged 106. He was known for organising the rescue of 669 Czech children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the 9 months before war broke out in 1939. \nThis event is organised by The Association of Jewish Refugees in partnership with the Czech and Slovak Ambassadors in United Kingdom. \nTo register for this free event see link below \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/launch-of-new-website-about-sir-nicholas-winton/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T203000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210202T211002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210202T211307Z
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SUMMARY:A New History of Theresienstadt
DESCRIPTION:Terezín\, as it was known in Czech\, or Theresienstadt as it was known in German\, was operated by the Nazis between November 1941 and May 1945 as a transit ghetto for Central and Western European Jews before their deportation for murder in the East. \nToday\, Theresienstadt is best known for the Nazi propaganda of the International Red Cross visit\, cultural life\, and children. But these aspects explain little what defined the lives of its 140\,000 inmates. The Last Ghetto by Dr Anna Hájková  offers both a modern history of this Central European ghetto and the first in-depth analytical history of a prison society during the Holocaust.  \nThe prison society of Terezín produced its own social hierarchies under which even small differences among prisoners decided their fate. During the three and a half years of the camp’s existence\, prisoners created their own culture and habits\, bonded\, fell in love\, and forged new families. \nDr Anna Hájková is associate professor at the University of Warwick. For Radio Prague International interview click here \n  \n\nOnline via Zoom\nFree event / Reservation necessary see link below \nPlease note: A Zoom link to join this event will be included in the confirmation email upon booking.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-new-history-of-theresienstadt/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210304T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210304T191500
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
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SUMMARY:Great Houses of Bohemia and Moravia
DESCRIPTION:An online lecture by Barbara Peacock.\nThe Czech lands have a magnificent architectural legacy with one of the densest concentrations of great houses in Europe. This talk will explore the development of the great house (zámek) from late mediaeval times through the Renaissance\, Baroque\, Neo-Classical and Romantic periods up to the modern movement of the 1930s.\nBarbara Peacock is an architectural historian and is in demand as a lecturer both in Britain and abroad for organisations such as the National Trust\, the Art Fund and the Arts Society. Her particular interest is in the art and architecture of the country house and its associated landscape or garden setting.\n\nEmail info@czechfriends.net to participate. The event is free but please consider making a donation at www.czechfriends.net/payments
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/great-houses-of-bohemia-and-moravia/
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Czech Heritage":MAILTO:info@czechfriends.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210226T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210226T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210203T120339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T120339Z
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SUMMARY:Can a robot write a play?
DESCRIPTION:Do you think artificial intelligence is able to create an enjoyable theatre script? Can a robot become a playwright like its own father Karel Čapek 100 years ago?\n\nWatch the first play ever written by artificial intelligence and a discussion with project authors! Free livestream event\, see link below\n\nAfter the premiere\, we will allow public to see the play online for some time. And then – if COVID-19 allows it – we will bring the production to the stage of Švanda theatre in Prague. The future of the project is partially open but we will continue with the scientific research and then a new play will be announced in 2022.\n\nWhy are we doing this? Most people do not know what today’s robots are capable of. Sometimes they fear robots’ abilities which are not real and sometimes they do not want to admit that we are surrounded by robots almost everywhere. We want to start a conversation about what robots of today can and cannot do and where they should and should not be used.\n\n\nFree livestream event\, see link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/can-a-robot-write-a-play/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210217T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210217T193000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210113T121215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210201T182855Z
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SUMMARY:East goes East: significant 20th-century Czech architecture
DESCRIPTION:Using images taken from visits to the Czech Republic over the last 30 years\, John East will give a whistle-stop tour of the development of Czech architecture during the 20th century\, looking at some of the best examples of Secessionist architecture\, pre-WW1 Cubist buildings\, post-WW1 Expressionism\, 1920s and 30s Modern Movement housing estates through to the little-known Soviet Realism masterpieces and Brutalism\, Soviet-style. We will also see a functionalist city and futuristic transport infrastucture; the buildings of internationally known architects such as Jože Plečnik\, Mies van der Rohe and Adolf Loos\, as well as those by lesser-known but very talented Czech architects\, and individual jewels by architects now long-forgotten.\n\n\nJohn East is well known as the unofficial photographer for the Twentieth Century Society. He lectures frequently and his photographs are regularly used in Twentieth Century Society publications\, most recently 100 Churches\, 100 Years and 100 Twentieth-Century Gardens and Landscapes.\n\n\nHe has a regeneration and planning background by profession with many years working at chief executive\, strategic director and director level in local government and the private sector.\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease email info@czechfriends.net to join the event. It is free to join: please consider making a donation to The Friends via our website www.czechfriends.net.\n\n\nImage credits\, left to right: Grand Hotel Europa\, Prague © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons); The Church of the Most Holy Trinity\, Vinohrady\, Prague © Jorge Royan CC BY-SA 3.0; Neklanova 98/30 \, Vyšehrad\, Prague © VitVit\, Creative Commons Wikimedia
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/east-goes-east-significant-20th-century-czech-architecture/
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Czech Heritage":MAILTO:info@czechfriends.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210216T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210216T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
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SUMMARY:The Boy from Boskovice: A Father’s Secret Life
DESCRIPTION:Author Vicky Unwin in conversation with Sarah Helm\nJoin The Wiener Holocaust Library for this online event to mark the publication of Vicky Unwin’s memoir about her father. \nVicky Unwin had always known her father – an erstwhile intelligence officer and respected United Nations diplomat – was Czech\, but it was not until a stranger turned up on her doorstep that she discovered he was also Jewish. \nSo began a quest to discover the truth about his past – one that perhaps would help answer the niggling doubts she had always had about her ‘perfect’ dad. Finally persuading him to allow her to open a closely-guarded cache of family books and papers\, Vicky discovered the identity of her grandfather: the tormented author and diplomat Hermann Ungar\, hugely controversial both in life and in death\, who was a protégé and posible lover of Thomas Mann\, and a friend of Berthold Brecht and Stefan Zweig. How much of her father’s child was Vicky – and how much of his father’s child was he? \nAs Vicky worked to uncover deeply-buried family secrets\, she would find herself slowly unpicking the lingering power of ‘survivor guilt’ on the generations that followed the Holocaust\, and would learn\, via a deathbed confession\, of the existence of a previously unknown sister. \nTogether\, the sisters attempt to come to terms with what had made their father into the deeply flawed\, complex\, yet charismatic man he had always been\, journeying together through grief and heartache towards forgiveness. \nBook through link provided below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-boy-from-boskovice-a-fathers-secret-life/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210215T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210215T173000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210203T121421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T121421Z
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SUMMARY:Seeing Central Europe 30 years on
DESCRIPTION:In this online discussion we will explore the Visegrad countries’ cultural development since 1991 with a particular focus on film and theatre. \nWe will consider how these Central European countries have explored and expressed their identities in a post-cold war space\, how the arts and cultural scenes have responded to global market economy conditions\, and how theatre and cinema have enabled peoples from the region and beyond to both remember and break away from their pre-1989 experiences. \nWe will also discuss more generally the state of the arts in the Visegrad countries\, the intersection between culture and politics\, and the role the arts play in everyday lives and cultural discourse in the region. \nThis digital event will take place on the exact anniversary of the Visegrad Group establishment\, celebrating 30 years of cooperation between the V4 countries. \nRegister via link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/seeing-central-europe-30-years-on/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210125T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210125T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20210112T192812Z
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SUMMARY:No Night So Dark; one Jewish family's story
DESCRIPTION:The extraordinary story of a Central European Jewish family to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2021. \nWhen Oxford-based Colin Wels first opened a box that his father Tomáš had kept for decades in the back of a cupboard\, he entered an unknown past. Through the contents of the box\, made up of hundreds of letters and documents\, photographs\, sketches and drawings\, and two remarkable manuscripts\, the immense creative energy of several generations of the Czech Jewish Wels family was brought to life.\nColin Wels will discuss his search for his family’s past with Gerry Turner\, whose translation of the memoir At the Bernards written by Colin’s great-grandfather Šimon Wels marked the beginning of his search. The book offers a vivid picture of life in a Czech village in the second half of the 19th century. The story continues with Colin’s grandfather Rudolf Wels\, a successful architect who worked closely with the influential modernist architect Adolf Loos in pre-First World War Vienna. Another piece of the puzzle is provided by Sancta Familia\, which was also preserved in the box. Written by Rudolf’s sons\, eighteen-year-old Tomáš and thirteen-year-old Martin in Prague at the end of 1938\, it is made up of humorous scenes from the family’s daily life and richly illustrated by Martin\, it depicts the world of a modern middle-class Prague family just before it was drawn into the abyss of WWII. Only Tomáš was to survive the Holocaust\, reaching Britain as a refugee in the spring of 1939.\nThe discussion will be complemented by extracts from Sancta Familia and At the Bernards\, by examples of the family’s rich visual legacy – including Martin’s sketches and Rudolf’s designs as an architect – and extracts from a new podcast series devoted to the family and produced in cooperation with Czech Radio. It will be moderated by writer and journalist David Vaughan\, who has devoted several years to researching the family’s history and has been instrumental in publishing Sancta Familia in a first trilingual (Czech\, German and English) facsimile edition (Triáda\, 2020). He is the author of the exhibition No Night So Dark devoted to the Wels family\, which was held in Prague’s Winternitz Villa in 2020.\n\n\nTHIS EVENT TAKES PLACE ONLINE On ZOOM and streamed live on the Czech Centre London Facebook page.\nREGISTER TO GET A ZOOM LINK AND AN EMAIL REMINDER ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/no-night-so-dark-one-jewish-familys-story/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201127T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201130T100000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201028T170759Z
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UID:4197-1606471200-1606730400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Athanor - The Alchemical Furnace
DESCRIPTION:A candid insight into Jan Švankmajer’s artistic workshop in which a grand master of puppetry and animation conjures his sharp and merciless exploration of human nature \n\nThe legendary artist\, filmmaker and surrealist\, Jan Švankmajer\, whose work has inspired artists such as Terry Gilliam and the Quay Brothers\, bade farewell to feature filmmaking in 2018 with his swan song\, Insects. While shooting the making of Insects\, directors Adam Olha\, Jan Daňhel and producer Jaromír Kallista decided to preserve Švankmajer’s unique creative process revealing the behind-the-scenes details of his artistic practice. Over three years they followed his life and work at home and abroad (including the UK premiere of Insects at the Tate Modern) creating a complex portrait. Serious discussions about his artistic principles are interlaced with footage of him at work and at home including everyday and comic moments such as crashing his four-wheeler\, posing awkwardly with fans or getting irritated by organisers at an art exhibition. Talking with disarming honesty\, Jan Švankmajer\, an extremely private man\, opens up and speaks of his dreams\, meditations\, and his wife and muse Eva Švankmajerová\, revealing the difficult times after her death. \nThe film will be available to rent (UK only) for £4.99 see Vimeo on Demand link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/athanor-the-alchemical-furnace/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201126T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201126T173000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201110T115141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201122T122123Z
UID:4225-1606406400-1606411800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ambassador Nigel Baker webinar
DESCRIPTION:Circumstances prevent us from holding our special 30th anniversary dinner this year but you can meet our keynote speaker from the comfort of your home on Zoom. \nIt also offers an opportunity to say a fond farewell to L’ubomir Rehák\, the Slovak Ambassador\, who is leaving his post in London for Moscow and to welcome his successor Róbert Ondrejcsák. \nAt the end of the programme\, the winner of the 2020 BCSA writing competition will be announced. \nNigel Baker was appointed British Ambassador to Slovakia in September 2020 and is one our patrons. \nAs a young diplomat his first diplomatic posting from 1992-3 was in Prague and then from 1993-6 as Deputy Head of Mission of the new British embassy in Bratislava \, the capital of independent Slovakia. \nSo Nigel is well placed to notice the changes in the region\, in particular as he speaks Slovak and his wife was born in Piešt’any. \nIf you wish to participate please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by Tuesday 24th November 2020. \nLogin details will only be shared with those who confirm their attendance.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/ambassador-nigel-baker-webinar/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201121T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201124T100000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201028T170203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T170203Z
UID:4195-1605952800-1606212000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Charlatan
DESCRIPTION:The self-taught Czech healer\, Jan Mikolášek\, who cured millions with herbal medicine is threatened by the communist authorities in Agnieszka Holland’s biopic. \nThe film is inspired by the true story of herbalist and faith healer\, Jan Mikolášek\, who dedicated his life to caring for the sick in spite of the immense obstacles he faced in his private and public life. Born at the turn of the 20th century\, he wins fame and fortune using unorthodox methods to cure a wide range of diseases. Already a local institution in Czechoslovakia before WWII\, Mikolášek increases his reputation and wealth both during the Nazi occupation and under communist rule. Each regime wants to use his skills and in return gives him protection. But how high will the cost of maintaining this status be as the tide turns?  \nThe Czech entry for the 2021 Oscar award for best international feature film. \nThe film will be available to rent (UK only) for £6.99 see Vimeo on Demand link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/charlatan/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201119T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201119T171500
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201107T134554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201107T134554Z
UID:4215-1605803400-1605806100@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Greg Hands webinar Czech British Chamber of Commerce (CBCC)
DESCRIPTION:The Minister of State for Trade Policy and MP for Chelsea and Fulham\, Greg Hands\, will share his thoughts via Zoom on business and economic recovery post Brexit and Covid-19 with reference to bilateral trade between the Czech Republic and the UK. \nAs a student in the mid to late 1980s\, Greg travelled to Czechoslovakia\, worked in Prague and learned Czech and Slovak to a good standard. \nHis speech will be followed by a Q&A session. \nAfterwards the CBCC will hold its 12th Annual General Meeting. \nIf you wish to participate please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by Tuesday 17th November. \nLogin details will only be shared with those who confirm their attendance.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/greg-hands-webinar-czech-british-chamber-of-commerce-cbcc/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201119T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201122T100000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201028T163949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T163949Z
UID:4190-1605780000-1606039200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:My father Antonín Kratochvíl
DESCRIPTION:The dramatically revealing story of Czech born Antonín Kratochvíl\, a four-time World Press Photo winner\, who photographed celebrities such as David Bowie\, George Clooney and Johnny Depp\, as well as wars and human catastrophes. \n\nIn this personal encounter with his son and fellow photographer Michael\, Antonín Kratochvíl\, a founding member of the legendary VII Photo Agency\, candidly answers Michael‘s questions\, setting off on a journey to the past. Kratochvíl‘s striking black and white photographs of Mongolia’s street children\, the war in Iraq and the Chernobyl disaster  guide us through his refugee life and unique style of photography marked by a depth of understanding for his subjects based on his personal experience. He spent his childhood with his parents in a labour camp in communist Czechoslovakia\, emigrated at 18. Via a refugee camp in Austria\, a Swedish jail\, the French Foreign Legion\, and studies in Amsterdam\, he arrived in the USA and became a world famous photojournalist\, while his son\, left behind the Iron Curtain\, believed him to be dead. \nThe film will be available to rent (UK only) for £4.99 see Vimeo on Demand link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/my-father-antonin-kratochvil/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201114T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201117T100000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201028T112120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T164433Z
UID:4177-1605348000-1605607200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Hungry Bear Tales (Mlsné medvědí příběhy)
DESCRIPTION:The merry adventures of two cuddly and constantly hungry bears. Stories for young children and their parents full of humour and delicious food. \n\nAs everyone knows\, bears tend to be loners\, but Ned and Mishka are best friends who share a cosy house in the forest. One of them is big\, the other one is tiny and they are constantly hungry. Together\, they set off on the craziest adventures to fill their constantly rumbling tummies with something really good to eat and with as little effort as possible\, willing to take considerable risks. Their plans do not always go the way they imagined\, but their little adventures always have a happy ending. A series of short stories in which you’ll see how these two funny bears met\, how they cook together\, taste truffles\, hunt for blueberries\, celebrate Christmas in summer since they sleep through every winter\, and how they make up after a bear fight. There is even a huge feast to which bears from all over the world have been invited. Hooray\, let´s play! \nAn animated film for children 3 – 8 years old and their parents. \nThe film will be available to rent (UK only) either in Czech or English for £4.99* Vimeo on Demand via the following links:\nHUNGRY BEAR TALES (EN) – PRE-ORDER NOW\nMLSNÉ MEDVĚDÍ PŘÍBĚHY (CZ) – PRE-ORDER NOW \n* Register for our online Zoom art workshop for children ‘Picnic with Bears’ with Czech artist Tereza Bušková and get 50% OFF! The workshop will take place on Sunday 15 November from 3 pm. \n http://london.czechcentres.cz/programme/travel-events/picnic-with-bears/ \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/hungry-bear-tales-mlsne-medvedi-pribehy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201112T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201115T100000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201028T110808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T111013Z
UID:4169-1605175200-1605434400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Meky
DESCRIPTION:Comparing Miro Žbirka’s life to a great song\, Šimon Šafránek creates an honest and dynamic close-up portrait of a music legend. \n\nIt’s 1982 and a bespectacled outsider the Slovak singer Miro Žbirka\, known as Meky\, wins the Czech Grammy Awards (Golden Nightingale) beating the long-term reigning champion. In 2020 his songs are still played on Czech radio and he has  recorded an album at the famous Abbey Road Studios. The director follows Meky for a year\, from his flat to a crowded concert in London\, from backstage to a sold out Prague O2 Arena\, to reveal the modest and level-headed man behind the famous songs. Meky\, who has experienced revolutions in both music and society\, talks openly about his English roots\, his deep personal losses\, his rise and fall from fame including a surprising comeback\, his brushes with the communist regime\, and his all-encompassing love of music and faith in his own journey. With access to previously unseen private archives Šafránek\, a Czech Lion winner for his King Skate documentary\, has created a dynamic close-up portrait of a popular singer full of honesty\, humour and surprises. \nThe film will be available to rent (UK only) for £4.99  see Vimeo on Demand link below \nwith English subtitles
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/meky/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201107T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201110T100000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201025T105533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201028T111222Z
UID:4163-1604743200-1605002400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Owners (Vlastníci)
DESCRIPTION:A comedy set in a residents’ association meeting where everyone must agree on building management. The homeowners’ characters (ranging between idealists\, profiteers and manipulators) are revealed to hilarious but chilling effect. \n\nTwelve homeowners\, each with a different agenda\, have to agree on the future of their building at a residents’ association meeting. Idealistic Mrs Zahrádková (Tereza Ramba) wants to save the crumbling old house and appeals to the newlyweds who have just moved in while bureaucratic Mrs Roubičková insists on rigidly following the rules of the meeting.  Mrs Procházková and her business partner are only interested in increasing the value of their property\, whilst pensioner Mr Kubát  sabotages all decisions and gossipmonger Horváthová (excellent and unrecognisable Dagmar Havlová) stirs up trouble. The meeting soon falls apart and slick businessmen\, the Čermák brothers\, step in to save the day. Authentic characters\, a perfect cast and an excellent script based on the director’s personal experience deliver a poignant and humorous portrayal of contemporary Czech society in this compelling comedy which gets you laughing at one moment and chills you the next but has you in its grip all the way through. \nThe film will be available to rent (UK only) for £6.99 see Vimeo on Demand link below \nwith English subtitles
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/owners-vlastnici/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201102T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201104T180000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20200921T165608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T111113Z
UID:4058-1604311200-1604512800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:To the edge of the world and back to their roots
DESCRIPTION:The story of a creative journey conceived in London and developed around the globe. An exhibition by Andrea Vytlačilová\, fashion designer\, and visual artist Josef Zlamal. After creating a winning outfit for Grayson Perry in 2018\, Andrea left London with Josef to live and work in Sweden\, America and France. Both present visual mementos of their experiences abroad\, their return to London and their Czech identities. \nAdmission to the exhibition is free\, but entry must be booked in advance. \nOne ticket is valid for a maximum of 5 people from the same household. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/to-the-edge-of-the-world-and-back-to-their-roots/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201101T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201101T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20200820T121541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T110709Z
UID:4005-1604242800-1604246400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The end of fun! Krištof Kintera
DESCRIPTION:This will be the most comprehensive UK exhibition of work by Czech artist Krištof Kintera (b. 1973\, Prague). Internationally acclaimed for his sculptural\, often kinetic works imbued with a characteristic energy and imaginative wit\, Kintera offers an overview of new\, recent\, and archival works\, shown in the UK for the first time. Filling both gallery floors\, whilst also expanding into the public realm\, THE END OF FUN! is a timely exhibition probing the apocalyptic environmental issues we currently face\, taking on a new poignancy in today’s climate. \nCrafted with a dark sense of humour\, Kintera’s artistic practice addresses current affairs. Striking a balance between feigned triviality and fatality\, his works comprise a lively and philosophical critique of hyper-capitalist systems\, especially with respect to ecological concerns: “I am aware of our responsibility for drastic changes of climate\, extinctions of species and all kinds of living organisms\, and therefore we’ll face sooner or later fatal problems. It is our shame\, it is my shame.” \nFree entry\, advance booking essential. \nThursday 3-7pm\, Friday – Sunday 12 -4pm \nphoto by artist My Light is your life – Shiva Samurai (2009)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-sculpture-exhibition-birmingham/
LOCATION:Ikon Gallery\, Brindley Place\, Birmingham\, B1 2HS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201101T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201219T183000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20201030T114012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201101T134509Z
UID:4203-1604233800-1608402600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Painter and the Thief
DESCRIPTION:Desperate for answers about the theft of two of her most precious paintings\, Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova seeks out and befriends the career criminal who stole them. After inviting her thief to sit for a portrait\, the two form an improbable relationship and Barbora becomes Karl Bertil-Nordland‘s closest ally. Although the paintings are nowhere to be seen\, their friendship deepens when he is severely hurt in a car crash and needs full-time care. Over time\, the pair form an inextricable bond that will forever link their lonely souls. \nScreening in select UK cinemas and on demand see website link below for full details \nWinner of the Best Documentary Award at this year’s London Film Festival.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-painter-and-the-thief/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201101T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201104T190000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20200821T140520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T111316Z
UID:4011-1604224800-1604516400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:i Mucha famous collection in motion
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the 160th anniversary of Alphonse Mucha’s birth\, Ivan Lendl’s collection of posters returns to Prague with a modern twist. \nThe use of digital technology enables some poster figures to move\, provides an animated story from the Slav Epic and the voice of Mucha speaks from his self-portrait (the English version is spoken by Pierce Brosnan)\, \n10.00 – 19.00 daily \nA film ‘Mucha: the story of an artist who created a style’ (Svět podle Muchy) will premiere on 1 October 2020. \n  \nimage by Kachan Mahon on Pixabay \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/mucha-posters-exhibition-prague/
LOCATION:Obecní dům\, Naměstí republiky\, Prague 1\, Czech Republic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201101T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201104T170000
DTSTAMP:20260506T020715
CREATED:20200921T162107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T111156Z
UID:4052-1604224800-1604509200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Library of exile
DESCRIPTION:An installation by Edmund de Waal houses more than 2\,000 books in translation written by exiled authors. These include 24 volumes by authors from “Czechia” in English or German translation that might offer inspiration for reading during the winter months. Details can be found by searching the online catalogue by the author’s country of origin. \nFree entry but booking a timed slot in advance is essential. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/library-of-exile/
LOCATION:British Museum\, Great Russell Street\, London\, WC1E 7JW\, United Kingdom
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