I left university without any clear idea of what I wanted to do. At first I wanted to be a novelist, but soon discovered that I found sitting by myself all day with my thoughts far too lonely. Armed only with the knowledge that I liked writing and languages, I moved from the UK, where I’d grown up with a Czech mother and Slovak father, to Prague, the city my mother hails from, to teach English. I quickly discovered teaching was not for me, but at a loss as to what else I could do with my degree and experience, I carried on.
In my mid-twenties I discovered podcasts and started consuming them in large quantities, finding that they combined my love of fascinating stories, sound and the spoken word with an intimate, personal medium that I could consume while still looking at the world around me. It took me a while to realise that journalism was about a lot more than just news and politics, but once I did, I knew that radio journalism was where I wanted to go. Eventually I got some freelance work with Radio Prague, and after writing a few pieces, I was lucky enough to be offered a job here. I’ve never looked back.
articles by the author
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Interior Ministry warns of rising threat of extremism to democracy in Czechia
The Interior Ministry’s latest report on the manifestations of extremism warns of groups who have the potential to threaten the democratic foundations of the Czech state.
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Striking photograph of medieval castle at sunrise wins postcard competition
A captivating picture of Bezděz castle won the 2023 competition for the most beautiful Czech postcard. The photographer told Czech Radio how he managed to capture the shot.
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Dry February kicks off in Czechia
In Czechia, February is the nationally recognized month for abstaining. Dry February is now in its 11th year, this time under the slogan ‘Not Drinking Is An Art!’
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A wine register and clean drinking water: Czech development projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czechia has been developing close partnerships in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the 1990s and has also been supporting it in its preparations for EU accession.
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Pavel wants to speak to Babiš voters – but doesn’t want his face on stamps
After a divisive and sometimes bitter campaign, Petr Pavel beat Andrej Babiš by a decisive margin in the Czech presidential elections at the weekend.
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The Czech biochemist who should have won a Nobel Prize
There has only been one Czech Nobel Prize winner in a scientific field to date – Jaroslav Heyrovský in 1959. But another one could have followed just a year later.
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Czech Elves on disinformation around election time: "One of the candidates is depicted as a threat"
Bohumil Kartous is a member of the Czech Elves – an internet group that tries to combat organised online disinformation and internet trolls.
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Young violinist from south Bohemia wins international classical music talent show
Sixteen-year-old violinist Roman Červinka from České Budějovice won the most recent season of the popular classical music reality TV competition Virtuosos V4+.
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Video highlighting fake Czech “trdelník” tradition draws attention to Prague tourist blight
A recent video by a pair of Prague theatre students has caught the attention of people on social media and sparked debate about ‘trdelník’ and its supposedly Czech origins.
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Injured wolf saved by crowdfunding efforts returned to wild
A wolf found lying injured in a ditch in September has now fully recovered and been released back into the wild, despite initial reports that this would not be possible.
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