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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MPs vote to make divisive Křeček next Czech ombudsman
Czech MPs have voted to make Stanislav Křeček the country’s next ombudsman. Mr. Křeček, who is 81, is a divisive choice for the post. Critics say his election will…
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“He was really an extraordinary figure” – Arts minister pays tribute to late Erazim Kohák
The leading Czech philosopher Erazim Kohák passed away at the weekend at the age of 86. Professor Kohák’s family had to flee the Communists in 1948 and he could only…
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Ron Perlman: Cinema is a much bigger art-form than superhero movies represent
No fewer than 23,000 fans of sci-fi, fantasy and horror attended the first ever Prague Comic-Con at the weekend. And the biggest guest at the inaugural edition was…
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Ron Perlman among stars for inaugural Prague Comic-Con this weekend
Comic-Cons, conventions for fans of comic book culture, have been an international phenomenon for many years. This weekend the first ever Czech Comic-Con will take place…
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Karel Čapek: Novelist, playwright – and travel writer
Karel Čapek was a leading Czech interwar novelist, playwright and journalist and is perhaps most remembered for works of science fiction such as The War with the Newts and…
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Minister: CEZ mulling lithium car battery plant in north Bohemia
The Czech energy giant CEZ is considering the construction of a factory to produce lithium batteries for electric cars in North Bohemia in the next few years, according to…
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Prague WHO chief: The worst aspect of the coronavirus? The panic surrounding it
The World Health Organisation has declared the coronavirus a global emergency and cases of the infection, which originated in China, have been discovered in a number of…
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Special screening to highlight Tatra expedition that left a communist state but returned to…
In 1987 a Czechoslovak Tatra truck set off on a trip around the planet that was to take in no fewer than 67 countries. The crew were treated like heroes when they left…
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