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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“It's just a piece of fabric!” Czech couple defies fashion stereotypes
Vlasta Černý and his wife Michaela describe themselves as an “almost” normal heterosexual couple, except that Vlasta has a soft spot for women’s dresses.
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Scientists make “Celtic beer” using analysis of pollen from burial site
Czech scientists, together with a small experimental brewer, have come up with the country’s first “Celtic beer”.
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Expert: Shorter degree courses could attract more Czechs to universities
Czechia has the third lowest share of university graduates in the European Union, after Italy and Romania, according to a recent study published by the OECD.
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Ostrožská Lhota named Village of the Year
The village of Ostrožská Lhota in the Zlín region has been named “Village of the Year” for 2023.
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Painter and engraver Max Švabinský born 150 years ago
Max Švabinský, one of the most important Czech painters of the last century.
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Music festival at Prague’s largest cemetery to raise funds for neglected graves
This coming Saturday, Prague’s Olšany Cemetery will be hosting a somewhat unusual one-day music festival called Mezi hroby or Between the Graves.
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Legal move aimed at reopening notorious anti-Semitic Hilsner case
The case of Leopold Hilsner, a Jewish vagrant convicted in 1899 for the ritual murder of a Christian girl, may be on the path to re-examination.
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Elán’s Vašo Patejdl: One of Czechoslovakia’s biggest hit-makers
Vašo Patejdl, who recently passed away at the age of 68, was considered to be one Czechoslovakia’s biggest hit-makers.
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Unique Stone Age Venus goes on display in Ostrava
The Venus of Petřkovice, a statuette from the late Stone Age period believed to be 23,000 years old and valued at EUR 50 million.
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War in Ukraine and economic crisis among factors behind rising suicide rate
After dropping for three consecutive years, the number of suicides in Czechia increased in 2022.
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