Danny Bate
I may be completely English by origin, but I am also a committed Czechophile. After several years of occasional visits, I moved to the Czech Republic in 2019, initially to work as a language teacher. Certain global developments the following year made teaching difficult, so I was overjoyed to be given the chance in the summer of 2020 to undertake a PhD with the University of Edinburgh. For three and a half years, I carried out research in the academic field of linguistics, specifically on historical languages. During this time, Prague remained my home, but I had the good fortune to get to experience the delights of Scotland too.
I defended my thesis and completed the PhD in the spring of 2024. All throughout my studies, I developed my passion for public engagement and for sharing linguistics with a general audience. As well as through my writing, this personal mission involved audio adventures into podcasting. These in turn sparked a newfound passion for interviewing guests and creating interesting and entertaining content for listeners. When fate offered me this great opportunity to work for Radio Prague International, which perfectly combines my Czech interests and broadcasting aspirations, I jumped at the chance.
articles by the author
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Picture of the week
130 years of the Smržovka viaduct
130 years have passed since the opening of the railway line between Smržovka and Tanvald, which boasts the most beautiful railway viaduct in the republic.
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City centre to Prague Airport in 25 minutes: private company to build new track and stations
Current plans by the Ministry of Transport will simplify and speed up public transport to Prague Airport, with trains running from Masaryk Station every ten minutes.
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New Identita exhibition: an amazing world of Czech graphic design
With three floors and hundreds of exhibits, Identita is a new absorbing and eye-catching exhibition at Museum Kampa – just one part of a multi-genre experience.
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Industrial Palace in Prague’s Výstaviště regains its iconic clock tower
The 26-tonne clock tower structure has been restored on top of the Industrial Palace, the centre piece of the Výstaviště area in Bubeneč.
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Havel, Kafka or Čapek while you wait for your plane: New ‘poetry jukebox’ unveiled at Prague Airport
A new machine will offer a selection of Czech culture to waiting passengers at Václav Havel Airport.
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“To Brazil without tickets and stereotypes”: The eleventh Kino Brasil festival kicks off in Prague
A rich programme of film, food, dance and music awaits visitors to this year’s Kino Brasil film festival, which begins on October 15th.
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Slavic fortress in Germany now under Czech ownership
In the German state of Brandenburg, a mighty circular fortress, a replica of a Slavic castle from the ninth or tenth century, has been acquired by a Czech owner.
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The life of Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters): Murder-mystery novelist and self-taught Czech translator
Edith Pargeter was a writer who achieved fame in Britain for her historical murder mysteries. Less well known was her work as a translator and promoter of Czech literature.
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'Óčko': The dark side to the poppy industry
Over the course of 2024, four people have died after consuming ‘óčko’, a crude drug made from poppies stolen from the country’s poppy fields.
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Senate approves new restrictions on sale of kratom and cannabis-derivative HHC
The Czech Senate has passed new limits on the sale of weaker psychomodulatory substances, including kratom and hexahydrocannabinol (HHC).
