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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Trans man speaks about impact of Czechia’s forced sterilisation law on daily life
Legally changing your gender in Czechia is not possible without having your reproductive organs removed. What are the implications of this for a person's daily life?
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Prague still not truly Western city, study suggests
A new study comparing the Czech capital with 11 other European cities has found that a gap still exists between East and West in many respects.
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Písek: small city with big history
Písek, a South Bohemian town of around 30,000 inhabitants, has a well-preserved medieval centre with six churches and a partly preserved Gothic castle.
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The incredible story of Vlasta Kálalová Di Lotti
Not only a female surgeon at a time when this was extremely uncommon, Vlasta Kálalová Di Lotti was also intrepid and pioneering, setting up a clinic in Iraq in the 1920s.
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Brno scientists investigate bacteriocins as alternative to antiobiotics
For years scientists have been warning us that increasing numbers of diseases are developing antibiotic resistance. Bacteriocins might just provide the solution.
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Iconic First Republic Tatra 77a restored after 50-year-long wait
Apparently the first aerodynamic mass-produced car in the world, the Tatra 77a is notable for not only having the usual two headlights, but also one in the middle.
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All aboard the night train: European Sleeper launches Prague-Brussels service
A new night train route has just launched between Prague and Brussels, also making stops in Amsterdam, Berlin, and several other cities along the way. But will it catch on?
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Blue Monday, Green Thursday and White Saturday? What Czechs call Easter days
In the English-speaking world, we know the days leading up to Easter as Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. But the Czech names are pretty different.
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Carpenters make replica of 7,000-year-old wooden well using prehistoric tools
Experimental archaeologists are making a copy of a 7,000-year-old well, thought to be the oldest surviving man-made wooden object in the world, using prehistoric tools.
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Czechoslovakia’s Ford T: celebrating 60 years since introduction of Škoda 1000 MB
The new Škoda 1000 MB was unveiled in Mladá Boleslav in March 1964. Designed to be an affordable family car, it was Czechoslovakia’s answer to the Ford Model T.
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