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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Meet the flint stones: Olomouc scientists track prehistoric hunters through flint samples
Prehistoric mammoth hunters who moved across the Czech lands roughly 30,000 years ago are being tracked today by Olomouc scientists through the stones they left behind.
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Social scholarships for university studies look set to expand and support more students
Only five hundred students currently receive social scholarships in Czechia, but this now looks set to change.
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Czechia’s largest hospital embroiled in massive fraud scandal
Motol University Hospital has found itself at the centre of a serious scandal. Seventeen people have been charged so far, including the hospital director, Miloslav Ludvík.
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Czech diplomacy Down Under: Jana Tyrer on her career and role as Czechia’s ambassador to Australia
As part of our new series on Czech Women Pioneers, we look at Czechia’s female ambassadors, and speak to Jana Tyrer, currently serving as the Czech ambassador to Australia.
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Prague’s link to global literature passes away: Poet Michael March dies at age 78
The Prague-based, American-born poet Michael March died on February 23rd. He had lived in Prague since 1996, and was the founder of the celebrated Prague Writers' Festival.
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Cars and candles to Ukraine: How Czechs are providing non-military supplies to Ukrainian troops
Three years on, many Czechs are still actively supporting Ukraine’s war efforts. Danny Bate spoke to Jiří Pospíšil from the organisation Pomáháme Ukrajině about their work.
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Alarming increase in violent attacks by minors in Czechia – what could be to blame?
Violent crimes committed by under 18s have increased by 25% in Czechia over the past two years, leaving the country worried about its children.
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Calling Zelenskyy a dictator requires "dose of cynicism”: President Pavel reacts to Trump statements
Czechia’s leaders have responded to statements by Donald Trump, in which the president called Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections”.
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‘The Living Dream of Andy Warhol’: Works of iconic artist to go on display in Pardubice
From February 24th, an art exhibition entitled ‘The Living Dream of Andy Warhol’ will run for two months at the Gočár Gallery in Pardubice.
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Iconic Prager’s Cubes look set for renovation in 2025
The modernist buildings of the Association of Design Studios in Prague's New Town, known colloquially as ‘Prager’s Cubes’, should get a much-needed renovation in 2025.