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.
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Alexandr Tomsky - publisher, journalist, politician: Part 2
In yesterday's programme, the journalist and publisher Alexandr Tomsky recalled his early life and the decades he spent as a rather reluctant exile in London. Now, in the…
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Alexandr Tomsky - publisher, journalist, politician: Part 1
My guest today in this special two-part One on One is the multi-faceted Alexandr Tomsky. Mr Tomsky has been a journalist, a teacher, an advisor to Margaret Thatcher and a…
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With Social Democrats weak, Communist Party wielding most influence since 1989
Unlike many Communist parties in the former Eastern Bloc, the Czech Communists did not "rebrand" themselves as a modern left-wing party after they fell from power…
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Sports News
In Sports News: reigning champions Hame Zlin pull off a remarkable comeback in the semi-finals of the Extraliga playoffs; runaway league leaders Sparta Prague are struck…
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Why Czechs drive on the right
Nowadays, Britain and some of its former colonies are almost the only countries where people drive on the left. Sticking to the left was originally the general rule, and…
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News
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Fans club together to revive bankrupt Bohemians football club
The collapse of Bohemians football club at the beginning of what would have been its centenary year was a very sad development for the Czech game. The club's bankruptcy…
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Czech flag celebrates 85th anniversary
It is 85 years to the day since the Czechoslovak national assembly passed a law approving the new country's flag, along with other state symbols. The flag adopted was a…
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Sports News
In Sports News: the Czech Republic beat Finland 4:3 in a dramatic World Cup qualifier; reigning champions Zlin keep themselves in the semi-finals of the ice hockey…
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