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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Jan Sokol – Part 1: It would be an exaggeration to say the StB killed Jan Patočka
Philosopher Jan Sokol was an MP in the early 1990s, served as Czech education minister and lost in the final round of voting for president in 2003. Barred from studying…
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Czech and international experts looking to surrogacy to save virtually extinct northern white rhino
Officials from Dvůr Králové zoo and other international organisations have announced fresh progress in efforts to save the northern white rhino, of which only two remain…
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Online motorway vignette sales system to cost over CZK 400 million
A planned online system to sell permits to use the Czech Republic’s motorways will cost around CZK 401 million, not including value-added tax, over a four-year period, the…
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Jana Ciglerová: Americans say their lives are fantastic, Czechs say everything is terrible –…
Czech journalist Jana Ciglerová recently published the book Americký Deník (American Diary), compiling a series of columns she wrote during a stay in Florida between late…
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“He was a storyteller”: Czech directing great Ivan Passer dies at 86
Ivan Passer, one of the leading lights of cinema’s Czechoslovak New Wave, died in the US late last week at the age of 86. Best-known in his home country for the magical…
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130th anniversary of birth of great interwar writer Karel Čapek
Thursday is the 130th anniversary of the birth of the Czech novelist, dramatic and journalist Karel Čapek. Seen as one of the greatest literary figures of Czechoslovakia’s…
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Poultry farm inspections launched after Polish bird flu outbreak
The Czech State Veterinary Administration has launched a special inspections drive targeting farms to which poultry is transported from and to Poland, Czech Television…
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