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A Talk by John East, 30th April 2024, in the Czech Embassy, London. John East of the 20th Century Society gave The Friends a fascinating insight into the interaction of pre-War European architectural Modernism with British architecture of the same period and in particular the contribution of Czech émigré architects. Image: on the left is John East ...
This is one of a series of talks in which Europa Nostra features award-winning projects and heritage community initiatives that are of particular interest to the UK. In this recording from 28th March 2024, you can hear our Chairman, Peter Jamieson, and Co-founder, Barbara Peacock, tell us about the beginnings of this charity and the impact they hav...
All barristers must belong to one of the four Inns of Court, all of which are in the heart of London where the English legal system was developed. The tour visited all four of the Inns of Court, all of which are in the heart of London where the English legal system was developed. The weather was bright and sunny with gusts of wind and occasional li...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský awarded the Gratias Agit Prize 2023 for spreading the good name of the Czech Republic abroad to eight individuals and one organisation, including our editor Jana Sommerlad, seen fourth from the left in the photograph, click here.
The BCC in the Czech Republic chose our work for day 5 of its Advent calendar on Facebook: The link to projects led to this list: The Park Keeper's cottage, Červený Dvůr restoration of the ruinous building over a period of ten years by volunteers and local craftsmen to become a therapy unit for the hospital. This was completed in the summer of 2023...
A talk by Caroline Cannon-Brookes on Tuesday 13th February 2024 in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY. The 1905 Baedeker’s guide to Austria-Hungary states in its historical introduction “The endeavours of the Habsburgs assisted by the Jesuits, who were practically all powerful in Bohemia and Moravia, t...
2-6 MayBased in the Royal Pump Rooms on The Parade Czech music dominates the programme marking the bicentenary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana, and also the fiftieth anniversary of The Dvořák Society. The music not only includes works by the four best-known Czech composers, Smetana, Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů, but also by lesser-known artists. Com...
The talk was subtitled: "and some of the most beautiful films in modern cinema history" and was given by Mark le Fanu on Tuesday 5th December 2023. The event filled the theatre in the Czech Embassy, London, with both an enthusiastic lecturer and audience. The film school of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, founded in 1946, produced a remar...
...and some of the most beautiful films in modern cinema history A talk by Mark Le Fanu on Tuesday 5th December 2023 at 6.30pm in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY. Booking here. Throughout the decade of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia released (and occasionally held back for political reasons) some of the ...
The Friends of Czech Heritage have contributed over the past two years to an important initiative named ‘On the surface’, which was in instigated in 2021 by ‘1st Framework’, The Friends of Czech Heritage, The Gem Awards and the University of Venice Architecture Department. This arose from a concern for the way surface finishes of historic buildings...
