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The soap opera story of Jazz Section, Czechoslovakia’s unintended cultural rebels

The soap opera story of Jazz Section, Czechoslovakia’s unintended cultural rebels

8 February 2022
Reviving Czechoslovakia’s Super Special Sneakers

Reviving Czechoslovakia’s Super Special Sneakers

12 January 2022
Rediscover Prague, one brutalist building at a time

Rediscover Prague, one brutalist building at a time

21 October 2021
'Your hands are scissors that cut through my dream:’ an erotic poem by Czech surrealist Vítězslav Nezval

‘Your hands are scissors that cut through my dream:’ an erotic poem by Czech surrealist Vítězslav Nezval

8 October 2021
Prague’s Dancing House is a deconstructivist oddity among baroque, gothic and art nouveau buildings | Concrete Ideas

Prague’s Dancing House is a deconstructivist oddity among baroque, gothic and art nouveau buildings | Concrete Ideas

27 September 2021
In praise of socialist realism: the forgotten artworks that revolutionised the image of the Eastern Bloc

In praise of socialist realism: the forgotten artworks that revolutionised the image of the Eastern Bloc

27 September 2021
7 contemporary Czech novels everyone should read

7 contemporary Czech novels everyone should read

20 September 2021
The Party and the Guests: the absurdist film that was ‘banned forever’ in communist Czechoslovakia

The Party and the Guests: the absurdist film that was ‘banned forever’ in communist Czechoslovakia

3 September 2021
Marx on the beach: the forgotten story of Yugoslavia’s rebel communist summer school

Marx on the beach: the forgotten story of Yugoslavia’s rebel communist summer school

18 August 2021
Uzbekistan, 50 years ago: unearthing an East German family’s travel photos

Uzbekistan, 50 years ago: unearthing an East German family’s travel photos

12 August 2021
Something Different is a feminist Czech New Wave gem featuring an Olympic icon | Film of the Week

Something Different is a feminist Czech New Wave gem featuring an Olympic icon | Film of the Week

5 August 2021
Revisiting the Slovakian hideaways where my parents found solace under socialism

Revisiting the Slovakian hideaways where my parents found solace under socialism

17 June 2021
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