In this week's Mailbox: response to last week's programme dedicated to Jan Palach; graffiti and casinos in Prague; Magazine jingle. Listeners quoted: David Eldridge, Christopher Lewis, UK; Mary Lou Krenek, Mark Coviello, USA; Jonathan Murphy, Ireland.
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In last week’s From the Archives we followed the tragic last days of the
student Jan Palach, who on January 16 1969 set himself alight... More
On the evening of January 16 1969, Czechoslovak Radio broadcast a
disturbing item of news: “Today at around 3 pm, 21-year-old J.P.,... More
