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The Friends have been supporting a suitable future for the birthplace of Jan Zrzavý (1890 - 1977), a well-known Czech artist. A regional politician, Martin Kukla, the Sheriff of the Vysočina Region, came to see the house last week and learn about its history. The Sheriff, was astonished to read about our past coverage of the campaign to preserve th...
There are still 40 churches in the City of London that have survived, some from before the Great Fire and others from the Blitz and they are all different! We shall explore some of them on this tour ranging from the very early period to the early eighteenth century. BUT as the churches are often tucked into streets surrounded by what we would call ...
A talk by Mark Cornwall on Tuesday 20th October 2026 at 6.30pm in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY ‘Traitors’ are a very popular subject today, and the idea that ‘treason’ is lurking in society is an age-old concept. The talk will focus on how traitors have regularly appeared in modern Czech history ...
International Conference in Český Krumlov/ Magical, Flying and Confidence Tables: Intimate Dining of the 18th-Century Nobility/ 11–13 October 2026/ details here If you are interested in the history of mechanical dining tables and food, this conference is for you! Its in the Czech town of Český Krumlov, and focused on the Magical 'flying t...
On Thursday 16th July a group from The Friends braved the summer sunshine and heat to visit two contrasting houses in Sussex: Grade-I-listed Standen, belonging to the National Trust, designed by the Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb, and Saint Hill Manor, of late-Georgian design, now occupied by the Church of Scientology. Image of Stande...
The Friends organised a very fulfilling walking tour on Sunday 26th April to view the work of Czech émigré architects in London. We started in South Kensington and saw Eva Jiřičná's high-tech staircases: the Bollinger Jewellery Gallery gallery in the V&A dates from 2008, and nearby the Joseph Shop opened specially for the tour so that we could ...
You may read the article about the exhibition in our Newsletter here. Recommendation From Antony Gordon, Reading"I just wanted to thank you for the article about the exhibition 'Vltava; Famed and Flowing' currently showing in Prague (Newsletter Issue 33). On the strength of the piece, my wife and I booked a three-night stay at the Charles Brid...
Collaborations between the British Museum and the Czechoslovak National Gallery in 1980s. Tuesday 18th November 2025 at 6.30pm in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, London W8 4QY. Between 1983 and 1987, as part of a cultural agreement between the UK and Czechoslovakia, the speaker, then a very junior member of the British Museum staff, was instruct...
The ancient Bohemian Crown Jewels, rarely exhibited in the past, will now be shown every year. Our patron Eva Jiřičná, as one of the most famous Czech architects, designed this year's exhibition in the Vladislav Hall of Prague Castle. This exhibition also highlights the jewels' fate during World War 2 and conincides with the 80th anniversary...
Our event by Richard Bassett on Tuesday 7th October 2025 in the Czech Embassy London brought in a full house for a very absorbing talk on a vast subject. This was followed by a long and interesting discussion. Maria Theresa was supremely successful in surrounding herself with the best people and advisers available to achieve her lasting legacy in C...
