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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80 years since liberation of Auschwitz, Czechia commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day offers Czechia a chance to reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust, and to consider what work still needs to be done.
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Czech record label Supraphon acquired by Sony Music
Supraphon, the venerable Czech record label specialising in classical and pop music, has now been bought by the American multinational company Sony Music Entertainment.
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Number of Czech children without doctors continues to rise
Across Czechia, more and more children are losing access to paediatric care. The problem stems from both aging doctors and a lack of state support.
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Become a superdialectologist! Young linguists help to record Czechia’s dialects
The Czech Academy of Sciences’ Institute of the Czech Language is recruiting young language enthusiasts to document dialects and the endangered speech of older generations.
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FM Lipavský: “I expect relations between Czechia and the USA will continue to be positive”
With the eyes of the world on Trump's second inauguration, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský spoke about what he expects for Czech-US relations over the next four years.
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Got a Czech bank account? Gangs target foreigners in Czechia for money laundering
Young foreigners with Czech bank accounts are the usual target of organised gangs, who use the accounts to launder money typically acquired through online fraud.
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Czech Press Photo 2024: winning photo chosen from among 256 photographers and over 4,500 submissions
For the thirtieth-anniversary edition of the prestigious Czech Press Photo competition, the Photo of the Year was taken by Petr David Josek at last year’s Olympic Games.
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Czechia’s new treaty with the Vatican: what are its uses – and its problems?
As a new Czech-Vatican treaty passes through the Czech Parliament, expert lawyer Daniel Bartoň discusses with us the treaty's purpose and the objections to it.
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Czechs on the ice: 21st Masaryk University expedition to Antarctica gets underway
Our interview with Pavel Kapler, manager of the Czech Antarctic Research Programme, about the twenty-first expedition of Masaryk University scientists to Antarctica.
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Concert calendar for 2025: Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish and many more to perform on Czech stages
Check out what international performers you can look forward to over the coming year of concerts in Czechia on this week’s Sunday Music Show.
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