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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81 years since Lidice massacre: the village whose name became known across the globe
Hundreds of villages in World War II became the target of Nazi massacres and were razed to the ground. But perhaps none became more famous than the Czech village of Lidice.
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“The magical thing” about Prague in the 90s: Adam Trachtman on his new graphic novel
Immersion is the new and cool-looking graphic novel by Adam Trachtman that details his adventures as he joins the hordes of young Westerners heading east in the early 90s.
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“No evidence that physical punishment changes children’s behaviour” says head of UNICEF CZ
The Ministry of Justice announced last week that it plans to enshrine the inadmissibility of physically punishing children in law, in an effort to change societal norms.
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The dog urinals from Brno that are conquering the world
Brno, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, and Calgary – these are some of the cities where an ingenious invention by two Moravian dog owners has spread, preventing unsightly stains.
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Striking art project on prominent Letná wall highlights stigmatisation of sex workers
Until June 6, the spaces in the wall below Letná running parallel to the Vltava river are being occupied by Markéta Garai’s exhibition With(out) Care.
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Church’s move to allow blessing of same-sex unions shows believers “really support equality”
The country’s largest Protestant denomination, the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren, has announced that it will officially allow pastors to bless same-sex unions.
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Police arrest man suspected of starting forest fire that devastated Bohemian Switzerland last year
Police have arrested and charged a 36-year-old man whom they suspect started the largest forest fire that Czechia has ever seen.
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US artist Susan Loy on how many letters are really in the Czech alphabet
Susan Loy is a US artist who moved to Prague with Unitarian sponsorship, where she has curated an international art exhibition and created a Czech Flower Alphabet.
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Dubai stuntman and space parachuter to wow crowds at Pardubice Aviation Fair
The east Bohemian city of Pardubice is gearing up for its annual aviation fair. Highlights include air shows by Lukasz Czepiela and Felix Baumgartner.
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22nd edition of Prague Fringe kicks off
Now in its 22nd year, the Prague Fringe is running from 22-27 May at venues in Malá Strana. I spoke to the festival's founder and head, Steve Gove, as things got underway.
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