David Vaughan

Welcome again to Czech Books. Now every little boy feels a frisson of excitement as he watches a train thundering past or disappearing into a tunnel, but by the time we…

Hana Andronikova is one of the best known younger Czech writers and has won considerable acclaim for her epic novel with the poetic title, "The Sound of the Sundial". It…

In 1967 the young Scottish music student, Alistair Beattie, won a British Council scholarship to spend two years studying at the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague. It…

Once again a very warm welcome to Czech Books. Now if somebody asks you about Romany or "Gypsy" culture in Central Europe you'll most probably think first and foremost of…

Karel Malina is one of the Czech Republic's most famous sports reporters, with a career spanning over fifty years. His name is associated with almost all the great Czech…

This week hundreds of Czech émigrés from all corners of the globe have gathered in Prague for the "Week of Czechs Abroad". They will be discussing everything from the role…

Sixty-five years ago, at the beginning of October 1938, the Nazis marched into the Czech border regions, known as the Sudetenland. With the Munich Agreement at the end of…

Welcome to Czech books and today we're going to be meeting Hana Andronikova, a young Czech writer whose name has recently been buzzing around Czech literary circles. Two…

This week 350 athletes from nearly 40 countries as far afield as Japan and Canada have come together in the Czech Republic. The Czech Paralympic Committee is hosting the…

David Talacko was born and grew up in Australia, but his roots are here in Prague. Like many people of Czech origin, he decided to settle in the Czech Republic after the…