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Month: October 2019

Levinarium, No.

T.S. Eliot read by Jeremy Irons. “Preludes”: “…The burnt-out ends of smoky days.And now a gusty shower wrapsThe grimy scrapsOf withered leaves about your feetAnd newspapers…

Levinarium, No.

As I am getting ready to my lecture about the history of the French language this Sunday, I come across this wonderful book systematizing the development…

Levinarium, No.

Two quite specific Czech progressive rock groups – Už jsme doma and Brutus – to make your evening time strange. Už jsme doma has a lot of instrumental tracks (like…

Levinarium, No.

Karlovy Vary (initially Karlsbad) is very nice to read Milan Kundera in autumn. His “Valčík na rozloučenou” (“Farewell Waltz”, 1972) starts in some unnamed health resort (but the prototype is easily…

Levinarium, No.

Jewish Ghetto in Terezín is a must. Take a direct train from Prague to Bohušovice nad Ohří station, then walk through this cozy little town to Terezín proper. The whole town…

Levinarium, No.

The fourth largest castle in the Czech republic is located in Roudnice nad Labem, not far from the railway station. Direct train from the Main Station…

Levinarium, No.

Magistrat (City council) of Ústí nad Labem is very representative of Socialist Modernism and is impressive. Despite gigantism (of which, honestly, most buildings of the period…