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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404 years since the fateful Battle of White Mountain
November 8th is the anniversary of the Battle of White Mountain (Bitva na Bílé hoře), fought in 1620 just outside Prague, which forever changed the Czech lands.
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British defence attaché Col. Jonathan Kitson on his role, Remembrance Sunday and Poppy Appeal
Ahead of Armistice Day on November 11th, Danny Bate spoke to Colonel Jonathan Kitson, defence attaché at the British Embassy.
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Mezipatra Queer Film Festival begins two-week programme for 2024
Mezipatra, an internationally renowned Czech LGBT-focused film festival, starts on November 7th. We spoke to the festival’s head of head of programme, Kristýna Genttnerová.
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Off the beaten track: EPU app combats overtourism with alternative routes
EPU, an app created by the Czech software companies Gatyer and Algodos, aims to offer tourists alternative paths to follow and places to visit.
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Ornithologists and dancers unite to protect Prague’s birds
A campaign simply called ‘Bird Traps’ (Pasti na ptáky) has been launched to raise public awareness and improve the protection of Prague’s birdlife.
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Czech Space Week 2024 lifts off!
November 4th is the start of seven days of events that make up Czech Space Week 2024, designed to promote the space industry in Czechia and inspire the next generation.
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Prague ranked among Europe’s top ten cities to visit in autumn
According to a recent study, the Czech capital stands out as one of the most popular European cities to visit in autumn.
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An All Souls' Day trip to Prague’s magnificent cemeteries
For All Souls' Day (known as Dušičky in Czech), architect Filip Ditrich shared with us some of his knowledge of Prague’s cemeteries that you too might like to visit.
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Czechia in 30 minutes (31 October 2024)
News; community childcare scheme may be rolled out in May; Czechoslovak soldiers killed at the Battle of the Dukla Pass have no memorial; Bouzov Castle's Trojan Horse.
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Czech class in Germany: six bilingual schools to be established in the Bavarian border area
Bavaria wants to improve the teaching of the Czech language in the border region. Six German-Czech bilingual schools are to be established in the next school year.
