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Nov.24.2012
On this week’s This Week in Tennis Phil shares his thoughts regarding last weekends Davis Cup final between the Czech Republic and Spain followed by an interview with tennis coach Samuel Chadwell. Please listen in as Sam talks about his life in tennis, the challenges he faces being an independent...
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Apr.12.2012
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Interior Ministry hopes to rent out ‘top secret’ bunker
The bunker would make a cool facility (in both senses) — and certainly be a secure site — but is the ministry’s asking price too high?
by Brian Kenety...
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Dec.19.2011
Václav Havel was with me, sitting across on a flowery print upholstered sofa in the verandah of a tony club in Mumbai. He lit a cigarette. Was smoking allowed? I do not know. I cannot remember. It was mid-1995. The staff was on strike and the British nobleman who had founded this club was a large...
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Dec.18.2011
Václav Havel was one of those rare breed of artists who have great success in a more worldly profession. He helped rally Czechoslovakia to rise against a Soviet-imposed government, then ruled the country which peacefully become The Czech Republic. Before, in the midst of, and after this life, he...
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Nov.18.2011
Well, this just pushes so many buttons. The dwelling of my ancestor d'Este (though - admittedly - he has many other titles). And it is in the present day Czech Republic (not - you know - too far from Kafka's Prague). I've written a novel about Franz Kafka. And, poor Franz Ferdinand (name, you...
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Sep.21.2011
Bus stop shaped as Kaplicky´s "octopus" library unveiled in Brno
Brno - An original bus station shaped as a miniature of the late architect Jan Kaplicky's draft design of the National Library in Prague, dubbed "Octopus," was unveiled at a housing estate in Brno today
The champagne-...
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May.02.2011
Historical novelists recreate the emotions and events of distant times. It helps if they can use real places that still exist. In the case of MOZART’S LAST ARIA, I was able to set much of the action in streets and buildings where Mozart lived and worked – and where you can still visit.
In my...
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Mar.09.2011
“And no invader has ever conquered the heart of Poland, that spirit which is the inheritance of sons and daughters, the private passion of families and the ancient, unbreakable tie to all those who came before.” -James A. Michener, U.S. novelist
the drive into Poland from Czech
A few weeks...
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Feb.02.2011
“Prague never lets you go… this dear little mother has sharp claws.” -Franz Kafka, surrealist author
morning drive in the snow above Prague
The thing with living in a country like Czech Republic is that you never know what each day may bring. It’s always different. Some days, a grocery clerk...
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Feb.02.2011
“Prague never lets you go… this dear little mother has sharp claws.” -Franz Kafka, surrealist author
morning drive in the snow above Prague
The thing with living in a country like Czech Republic is that you never know what each day may bring. It’s always different. Some days, a grocery clerk...
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