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In this week’s Mailbox: the release of Tomáš Halík’s new book in English, more on the translations of Czech place names, Radio Prague’s signature tune. Listeners quoted: Jaroslav B. Tusek, Charlie Cockey, Peter Freemantle, Peter DeHart.

In Mailbox this week: translations of Czech place names in Radio Prague reports, the theme music of Magic Carpet and the name of the duo featured in the April 6 edition, author Jaroslav Rudiš, Radio Prague’s annual listeners’ contest. Listeners quoted: Peter Freemantle, Gerry Davidson, James Stafford.

This week in Mailbox: The Prague visit of US President Barack Obama, Prague's Wenceslas Square vs. Charles Square, listening to Radio Prague in Canada at 3 am, an interview with Radio Prague's editor-in-chief Gerald Schubert about “Czechs rock Europe” – a song contest co-organised by Radio Prague. Listeners quoted: Jaroslav B. Tusek, Jerry Fridrich, Jeanne-Marie Gingras.

This week in Mailbox we disclose the identity of the Prostějov-born founder of phenomenology from last month’s quiz and announce the names of the four winners who will receive prizes for their correct answers. Listeners quoted: Jana Vaculik, Hans Verner Lollike, Elder S. J. Agboola, Colin Rose, Jurij Faltenfors, Charles Konecny, David Eldridge, Richard Chen, Robert B. Todd, Daniel Gutiérrez, Colin Law.

This week in Mailbox: the effects of high-voltage power lines on animals, the Czech orchid hunter Benedikt Roezl, the amount of arable land in the Czech Republic, the 20th-century Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. Listeners quoted: Bob Eldridge, Keith Daniel, Steve Manning, Rassem ben Brahim, Daniel Faure.

Today in Mailbox: the number of letters and e-mails received by Radio Prague last year, the largest football stadium in the Czech Republic, the country’s “national” river, piano music played at the close of last Wednesday’s broadcast. Listeners quoted: Taslim Uddin, Rassem ben Brahim, Muhammad Shamim, David.

Today in Mailbox: disappearing bazaars in Prague, the Mánes café, a photo featured in Mailbox on our website in September, the Czech Republic’s space satellites. Listeners quoted: Chris Cavers, Jim Willetts, Joanie Schirm, Börje Sahlén, Mofizur Rahman.

This week in Mailbox: We reveal the identity of February’s mystery man and announce the names of the four winners. Listeners quoted: Hans Verner Lollike, Juan Carlos Gil Mongio, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Catherine Agboola, Constantin Liviu Viorel, Fares Alnsair, Paul R Peacock, Steve Wara, David Eldridge, Charles Konecny, Colin Law.

Today in Mailbox: Czech Radio’s Regina building and the City Tower on Pankrác Plain, a comment on president Václav Klaus’s speech in the European Parliament, a request for a programme about the Czech brass-music composer František Kmoch. Listeners quoted: Tony Nuttall, Jaromír Hauzar, Karl Strauss.

This week in Mailbox: The programme’s signature tune, shortwave reception in England, Radio Prague’s coverage of modern Czech history. Listeners quoted: Mark Harper, David Christmass, George Scott.