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New works by Czech-Canadian sculptor Richard Štipl are currently on display in the joint exhibition Incarnation at Prague’s DSC Gallery. Štipl, whose often hyperrealist, intricate pieces have brought him international renown, is showing his mainly wooden sculptures and reliefs alongside the top Czech glass artist Rony Plesl.

The poet, novelist and screenwriter Marek Šindelka is among the leading authors of the generation to come of age after the Velvet Revolution. Known for acclaimed novels such as Aberrant and Material Fatigue, the 37-year-old has won the top Czech literary prizes for his poetry, short stories and books.

While epidemiological data from the past week suggest that the “fifth wave” of the coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic may have started to lose steam, the country’s health workers remain under pressure, facing not just an intense workload but also harassment from deniers and anti-vaxxers.

Construction workers in the mountain resort of Dolní Morava in the northeast of the Czech Republic are completing a suspension bridge above a local valley at a height of 95 metres. Called Sky Bridge 721, it will be the longest bridge of its kind in the world measuring nearly three quarters of a kilometre. The suspension bridge should open to visitors in the spring of next year.

Rita Klímová started out as a staunch young communist who helped to build a totalitarian regime in the 1950s. A decade later she was among the most enthusiastic reformers who tried to change the system during the Prague Spring of 1968. After being expelled from the Communist Party, she turned dissident and was one of the key people who helped to jumpstart the democratic reforms of the 1990s.

As the name would imply, the Charles Bridge Museum in Prague focuses on the history of the iconic 14th century landmark spanning the Vltava River. But the museum has also long held special exhibitions in connection with Advent and Christmas. This year, the focus is on gift-giving traditions from mediaeval Bohemia to modern times.

The short animated film Love, Dad by Diana Cam Van Nguyen has picked up several international prizes and recently qualified for the 2023 Academy Awards. The FAMU graduation film centres on the troubled relationship between the Czech-Vietnamese director and her father and is built around letters the two exchanged when she was a teenager and he was in jail. I discussed it with Cam Van Nguyen, who is 28.

English teacher Steve Watts was born in Great Britain, but he is currently the Czech Republic’s most popular YouTuber. His education channel Steve and Maggie has over 12 million subscribers and his videos, translated into seven languages, including Spanish and Hindi, have altogether over two billion views.

Czech Romani social worker Petr Torák, who is based in the English town of Peterborough, has received the prestigious Silver Pearson National Teaching Award, handed out by UK’s Teaching Award Trust. Mr Torák received the prize along with Lynn Mayes, principal of the local Queen Katherine Academy, for their joint project called The Roma – Narrowing the Gap Team.

The first airfield built in Czechoslovakia after the country’s founding in 1918, Prague’s Kbely airfeld is one of the most important sites for the history of Czech aviation. Today, it is home to the Kbely Aviation Museum, a one-of-a-kind showcase of hundreds of airplanes, including World War I biplanes, modern fighter jets, and everything in between.