The past is important but give it too much weight and the present can slip through your fingers. Czechia’s makers know this all too well. From the communist era’s brutalist gems to Michael Thonet’s beloved bentwood furni…
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From vital but sobering screen documentaries to a captivatingly introspective US instrumentalist and the story of a besotted auteur, the premier cultural offerings of early 2021 seem to reflect
a meditative mood. But…
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