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EXCLUSIVE CHRISTMAS OPPORTUNITY – COMMEMORATIVE NUMBERED ST. WENCESLAS DUCAT (1918 – 2018)
The main idea behind the minting of St. Wenceslas ducats (at the beginning of 1923) was to support the newly established Czechoslovak state and to offer citizens an opportunity to invest in their nation by purchasing a coin bearing the symbol of Czech statehood. Saint Wenceslas I was a figure that represented both the power of the Czech nation, and the strength of the Czech currency. A tradition was quickly established of gifting this ducat to newborn babies, the phrase used was “ to the cot”....
New Czech tome explores rugby. Or should that be “ragby”?
A new Czech-language book maps multiple aspects of the sport of rugby, which has greatly gained in popularity in this country in recent years. Prague-resident Welsh writer and ex-player James Stafford is one of people behind the hefty tome, simply entitled Ragby, and I asked him when the sport had first appeared in the Czech…...
Kikiriki Games: creating mobile barrier-free games accessible to all
On the surface it looks like a classic mobile game, but it is in fact an audio game made especially for the blind. Anyone can play it, but the players have to rely on their hearing. The main motivation for Jana Kuklova, co-founder of the Brno-based Kikiriki Games, was to expand the range of games…...
Czechast: Women Educators In English Speaking Countries
Czechast brings you the first part of the story, or rather stories, of several amazing Czech women who help Czech communities abroad keep their language and cultural heritage alive. Klára Moldová has been teaching at the T. G. Masaryk Czech School in Cicero, a suburb of Chicago, for more than a decade. “We are raising a new…...
Antonín Panenka: Legend behind famous penalty style turns 75
Antonín Panenka, one of the greatest names in the history of Czech football, turns 75 on Saturday. With a famous cheeky penalty kick in 1976 he created a new soccer term – “the panenka” – that is still used all around the world to this day. In the penalty shootout that ended the 1976 European…...
Czech digital illustrator whose creations can be seen in Star Wars and Disney
Tomáš Duchek’s elaborate digital paintings have won him big-name clients such as Star Wars, Magic the Gathering and Disney. He has also worked for Warhorse Studios, which made one of Czechia’s most internationally popular video games, Kingdom Come Deliverance, and is now working on his own illustrated book. I caught up with him recently to…...
Unique project combining ballet and hologram technology to debut in Prague
A unique performance, produced by the National Theatre Ballet and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, is set to have its world premiere on Friday night. Called Holo Harmonies, the project will be held simultaneously in Prague and in Baden-Baden, with the two stages connected through hologram technology. The one-off event taking place simultaneously at the State Opera…...
The sounds of 1968 and 1969: Jan Palach and the abnormality of normalization
This is the second of two special programmes in our series In Their Own Words, bringing the dramatic events of 1968 and 1969 in Czechoslovakia to life through the radio archives. Last week we ended a few days just after the Soviet-led invasion on 21 August 1968 that brought the reforms of the Prague Spring…...
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