Tag Archives: Prague

The attentional commons and Leicester Square tube station

Posted on April 13, 2019 7:41 am by Jonathan Still
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Nothing to do with music, except that I have to go to Leicester Square several times a week on my way to piano playing jobs, so when something changes about the station, I notice it. Recently though, I couldn’t quite … Continue reading →

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Evenings on Žofin

Posted on August 13, 2015 5:47 am by Jonathan Still
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One of the most complicated music references I’ve ever had to research was for a piece that I found on an album called Little Pearls of Czech Classics. The piece was called “Poem” by Zděnek Fibich, and we used it for an adage … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Prague – and from Radio Silence

Posted on August 9, 2014 8:34 pm by Jonathan Still
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At the excellent advice of someone whose excellent advice has never failed me yet, I’m taking a one week vacation from Facebook and Twitter and a couple of other social media sites. This isn’t self-righteousness, I make no apology for … Continue reading →

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30 days without supermarkets #26: defeat in Prague and glory of kitchen departments

Posted on August 1, 2011 5:15 am by Jonathan Still
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Much as I feared, I had to abandon the challenge today as the prospect of quickly finding a suitable independent food retailer  in central Prague was as likely as finding a greengrocer in Oxford Circus. There is one big fat … Continue reading →

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Hvala for the honey cake, Pauline

Posted on May 26, 2011 12:03 am by Jonathan Still
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Pauline’s Cookbook is a wonderful blog maintained by Tonya Shuster. As she describes it, it’s a “memoir of sorts about my grandmother’s life, woven around the gift of a handmade pastry cookbook she cherished for nearly 80 years”.  The story … Continue reading →

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Sod’s lore

Posted on July 25, 2009 8:05 pm by Jonathan Still
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I have a longstanding interest in folklore & folk music, particularly of Eastern Europe, so I got all excited when I discovered that there was a Folklore gathering in the Old Town Square in Prague, where I’ve just pitched up.  … Continue reading →

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