After finishing my studies here in Prague, I found myself wondering what my specialization in Anglo-America literature might be useful for; I tried two jobs but never stayed for more than six months and in the end I spent most of the time doing translations from home, missing the company of other people.
In 2008 I grabbed the opportunity to work at Radio Prague, where meeting people and talking to them is the essence of the job. My regular features include Czech Life and In Focus. I mostly enjoy slightly quirky stories, such as those about communist-era design or mushroom picking, but I also like to cover cultural issues. And I do hope there are still plenty of them in store, waiting to be explored.
articles by the author
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Nový Prostor street magazine marks 10th anniversary
Nový Prostor, a magazine sold by the homeless, is celebrating ten years of its existence. It was first published in 1999, under the name Patron, and since then it has…
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Czech designers team up to create DesignSupermarket ahead of Christmas
The streets of Prague are currently packed with people going about their Christmas shopping. Many head for the nearest shopping mall, but those who want something special…
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Hemp industry slipping back after successful start
The Czech Republic has had a small hemp industry for ten years now, since a new law acknowledged hemp as a technical and energy crop in 1999. Since then, technical hemp…
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New exhibition remembers first Czech Nobel Prize winner
A new exhibition at Prague’s Karolinum marks 50 years since the first Nobel Prize in the history of Czechoslovakia. The exhibition ‘Pár Kapek’ or ‘The Story of the Mercury…
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Literary fraud as Vietnamese teenage writer revealed to be middle-aged Czech man
It was the literary sensation of the season, but now it has turned out to be little more than a hoax. The novel ‘Bílej kůň, žlutej drak’ (‘White Horse, Yellow Dragon’) by…
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Expectations high for new Czech film 3 Seasons in Hell
Just a few days after the Czech film Protektor took a prize at a festival in Denver, another ambitious project is just entering the cinemas across the country. Thursday…
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Environment Ministry launches extensive new landscape atlas
The Ministry of Environment is launching a unique landscape atlas of the Czech Republic. The result of six years work, it contains more than 1200 maps produced by over 300…
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New photography exhibition documents final years of communism
Rundown buildings, empty shop-windows and ever-present grayness – that’s the focus of a new photography exhibition called ‘Tady bylo Husákovo’ – ‘This Once Was Husák’s…
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To hit the hay
Welcome to a fresh edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s language series in which you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s topic is sleep and the…
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Czech soccer star Vladimír Šmicer calls time on career at 36
One of the greatest Czech footballers of his generation, Vladimír Šmicer, has announced the end of his career. The 36-year-old former Liverpool player has suffered a lot…
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