Ian Willoughby
Having moved from my native Ireland to the then newly established Czech Republic in 1993, I was hired at Radio Prague in late 2001. Within a few weeks of joining the station I had got to interview two members of Monty Python (Jones and Gilliam) and thought, This is the job for me. Since then I have reported on all manner of subjects, ranging from Czech accession to the European Union to an oyster eating contest on Old Town Square. My steady feature in recent years has been the interview slot One on One and though it is challenging constantly finding guests it has been a fantastic experience. Recording the monthly My Prague has also been a treat, with subjects almost invariably taking me to at least one spot with which I had previously been unfamiliar.
articles by the author
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Major new Prague building project Masaryčka completed
Work has been completed on the Masaryčka building complex by Prague's Masaryk railway station, one of the boldest projects of its kind in the Czech capital in some years.
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“He had a really big career abroad”: Documentary shines light on late artist Mančuška
New documentary You Will Never See It All puts the spotlight on Ján Mančuška, a late conceptual artist who has works in the collections of the Pompidou Centre and MOMA.
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EP87: Mirek Gosney
Mirek Gosney on Building Hitler's Empire, a documentary about the Nazis' massive forced labour system, under which his own great-grandfather worked in Germany during WWII.
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Documentary maker: Hosting Olympics is not worth it for cities
Haruna Honcoop's Olympic Halftime, exploring the risks involved in hosting the Olympics, is one of the most anticipated works at the Ji.hlava documentary film festival.
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Mirek Gosney: Czechs were in “weird middle ground” in Nazi forced labour system
Miroslav Jeřábek was one of hundreds of thousands of Czechs used as forced labour by the Nazis. Now his great-grandson Mirek Gosney has made a documentary on the subject.
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Holocaust survivor Erbenová: I’ve lost my sense of safety in Israel
Among those receiving an award on Thursday for promoting the good name of Czechia will be Holocaust survivor and writer Eva Erbenová, repatriated from Israel last week.
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Jakub König comes out of the Kittchen with new LP
Jakub König came to attention with the DIY project Kittchen and as frontman of the large band Zvíře jménem Podzim. He has now released his first LP under his own name.
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EP86: Petr Kratochvíl
Petr Kratochvíl on a new paper he co-authored which says Russia’s war on Ukraine is novel in that it is also a fight against gender and sexual equalities.
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“It would be huge show of support for Israel”: Will Czechs move embassy to Jerusalem?
Following the Hamas attack on Israel, Czech PM Petr Fiala says moving his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is now a “desirable step”. But how likely is it?
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Deputy minister: We support Israel in defending itself against barbaric attack
Deputy Foreign Minister Jiří Kozák discusses the Czech response to Hamas's attack on Israel, advice for Czechs in the region and the possiblity of the conflict spreading.
