In Mailbox this week: a Czech version of "O Holy Night", Ema Destinnova's whereabouts in 1929, Czech women's family names, Jiri Sulc's new novel. Listeners quoted: Jay Ham, Vernon Snyder, John Searight, Stephen Hrebenach, Steve Sherdley.
Nicholas Winton
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A few days ago David Vaughan went to meet the Slavíčci – or Nightingales – one of Prague’s best-known children’s choirs. He talked... More
Ema Destinnová - or Emmy Destinn, as she became known abroad - was one of
the greatest dramatic sopranos of the twentieth century and... More
