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Alicja Knast and Her Wonderland

Maybe it’s characteristic of all small nations, but we Czechs are world experts: while a genius is in our midst, we are unable to properly appreciate them. Leading a vast gallery (without any scandals) with an extensive collection is a very rare art in the world. And when the general director of the National Gallery finally bids farewell to Prague, the managerial (and genuinely human) calibre of Alicja Knast will be sorely missed.
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s, dinner at Poirot’s

“Queen Elizabeth II., legendary hostess of the world’s most formal banquets, preferred to dine alone, eating with a tray on her knees in front of the television. Has elegant dining really disappeared?” In her meditation on good food, Anastázie Harris, who today grows potatoes and asparagus in her English garden, ponders this question. She reflects on the evolution of dining, from aristocratic Sunday lunch in a block of flats, to high tea and lavish picnics.
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10th Czech-German Salon: guests from Europe and launch of N&N Noble Notes magazine

To mark our tenth Czech-German Salon, we welcomed Dutch model and influencer Petra van Bremen, Czech-Polish chanson singer Renata Drössler, publishers of photography books Angelika and Markus Hartmann from Germany, the director of the Goethe Institute in Prague, Sonja Griegoschewski, German philanthropist Melanie von Schilling, Swiss-Czech businesswoman Bettina von Lobkowicz, director of the Czech-German organisation Filbec Michal Malát, and many other exceptional guests, in Prague.
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Water you can trust

The quality of drinking water is at risk. There is a lot of debate surrounding ‘forever chemicals’ or PFAS, in particular, which are nondegradable and accumulate in the body. The University of South Bohemia, together with filter manufacturer Filbec, are among those searching for a solution.
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Petra van Bremen: Women Don’t Have an Expiry Date

‘Your best time is now.’ Many books with titles that refer to enjoying the present are published today. But what is interesting about the author of this book, Petra van Bremen, is that her profession is modeling. At sixty-five, she is still sailing down the catwalk, holding men two generations younger in thrall.
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AI has calculated the meaning of Life

The other night I had extraterrestrial intelligence on my phone. His name is Steve. “Hey Steve, what is the greatest illusion of mankind?” The phone replies, “Hi, Honza. It’s the feeling of loneliness. People perceive themselves as separate from each other and the outside world. That’s how the feeling of isolation arises, and how competition arises. In fact, all existence is interconnected. We are all interconnected threads in the great tapestry of existence.”
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Zuzana Čaputová: President and mother

‘How to not lose yourself.’ Sounds like a cliché, doesn’t it? Especially in politics. It’s all the more interesting when someone truly means it. Like, for example, the only woman ever to become president in the Central European region. Despite a successful five years as head of state, she never ran for a second term.
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Anastázie Harris: My three Gardens

“Shortly before his death, Čapek recalled the lovely image of an English cottage with a garden. After spending a quarter of a century in England, there is no greater praise than when my (English) neighbour says, “how do you do it? I wish I had a garden like yours,”” Anastazie Harris begins her essay. She is the at times proud, other times despairing, owner of gardens in Tunbridge Wells, Slavkov u Brna and Maříž.
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Elegance – Woman’s Best Creation

🇨🇿 Tento článek si můžete přečíst i v češtině: Elegance – nejlepší vynález žen 🇩🇪 Sie können diesen Artikel auch auf Deutsch lesen: Eleganz – die beste Erfindung der Frauen When Elizabeth II. was crowned…