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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Prague Talk - EP60: Marie Heřmanová
Digital anthropologist Marie Heřmanová discusses Czech politics and social media, how much we should share on the internet and many other aspects of our online lives today.
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Marie Heřmanová: Most Czech parties don’t understand social media
Digital anthropologist Marie Heřmanová discusses Czech politics and social media, how online abuse impacts real lives, influencers spreading Covid lies and much more.
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Plans in place to make Prague industrial site whole new district
A brownfield site in Prague that was previously home to a major truck factory should become a whole new district in the coming decades.
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Head: Prague Pride is one of region’s biggest human rights events
The Prague Pride festival begins on Monday and culminates next Saturday with the first Pride Parade through the city since 2019.
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“It’s a warning”: Official says fire service must adapt to climate change
A blaze at a national park in Czechia has drawn fresh attention to the issue of climate change, with a senior officer saying the fire service must respond to drought.
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Prague Talk - EP59: Libuše Jarcovjáková
Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková documented her own turbulent life, and minorities such as homosexuals and Romanies, in the final decades of communism in Czechoslovakia.
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“A miracle”: Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková on finding acclaim later in life
Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková documented her own turbulent life, and minorities such as homosexuals and Romanies, in the final decades of communism in Czechoslovakia.
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Equality group hits back as MPs seek to block same-sex marriage
Czech MPs have submitted a bill that would enshrine marriage in law as solely between a man and a woman. A marriage equality group have come out strongly against this.
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Pop Messe brings international alternative names to Brno
The second edition of the alternative music festival Pop Messe gets underway in Brno on Friday. We speak to the founder of the two-day event.
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“It was staged”: Journalist on grandfather’s iconic photo of Zátopeks kissing
Melanie Pfändler says her grandfather was behind a photo of Emil Zátopek kissing Dana Zátopková after winning Olympic gold in his first ever marathon, on July 27, 1952.
