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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Delhi, Oxford, Prague – the three homes of Paul Flather
On the occasion of its 660th anniversary, Charles University recently hosted an annual meeting of Europaeum, an association of ten leading European universities, including…
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The hidden life of Czech hospitals
Unfortunate circumstance have forced me to spend more time in hospitals in recent weeks than I would like to, although I was lucky to be only a visitor, not a patient…
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Behind the scenes at one of the country’s biggest car factories
Car making has been one of the motors of the Czech Republic’s economic boom of recent years, and for this edition of Panorama I’ve come to one of the centres of the…
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National park protection divides ministry, municipalities
What is more important: protecting nature or protecting municipal property? This question is at the heart of a dispute between the Ministry of Environment and…
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News
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Charles University celebrates 660th anniversary
Monday marks 660 years since the founding of Charles University, the oldest university in Central Europe. On this day back in 1348 Emperor Charles IV issued an edict…
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Tatra plans to renew production of its legendary models
The Tatra car manufacturer in Kopřivnice is planning to renew production of some of its legendary models. The boss and co-owner of Tatra, American Ronald Adams, would like…
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To have something behind your ears
Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a…
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One of the country’s biggest film festivals celebrates 15 years
Thursday night sees the opening of the Febiofest film festival. Between now and next Thursday audiences in Prague will be able to choose from nearly three hundred films…
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František Čermák: a chronicler of modern-day Czech
Have you ever wondered what word people use most frequently? In Czech it’s dítě or child – at least as far as nouns go. One of the most common words in general are “voni…
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