I was born into a Czech-English family in Yorkshire, but grew up in Prague and joined Radio Prague International after finishing my Master’s degree. It is a fun job which allows you to cover various topics of which my favourite is history. In my free time I like to read and play floorball.
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Brundibár – the child opera that premiered in the Terezín ghetto 75 years ago
The Prague composer of Jewish descent, Hans Krása, wrote Brundibár using Adolf Hoffmeister’s libreto as early as 1938. Sadly however, the opera only became famous once it…
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Visiting Warhorse Studios - The Czech game developer behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance
February 2018 saw the launch of the Czech medieval role-playing game, Kingdom Come: Delivarance. It was the culmination of a 7 year long project that assembled a studio…
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Ministry of Justice announces release of long awaited ankle bracelets for prisoners
The Ministry of Justice announced on Friday that it has started using the long awaited ankle bracelet system which will provide better monitoring of prisoners under house…
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Prague Orloj to reopen soon
The Prague astronomical clock, commonly known as the ‘Orloj’, will reopen in the last week of September after 9 months of reconstruction. The repairs were the first…
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Government agrees next year’s budget
The 2019 draft budget is to focus on investment, increase of public sector salaries and the raising of pensioners’ living standards, Finance Minister Alena Schillerová…
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Bureaucracy to blame for rise in Prague house prices, claims study
Czech economic research institute CETA (Centrum ekonomických a tržních analýz) published a study focused on the residential housing market in Prague on Friday, which…
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Sculptor discovers monument by National Museum was actually dedicated to Jan Palach
A sculptor tasked with reconstructing the communist era pylon in front of the National Museum’s New Building has discovered old documents which show the monument’s author…
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Czech app matches repairmen with customers – and seeks to boost durability
Opravárna is a new Czech app, which matches handymen to repair requests sent from across the country. The app has been quick to catch on and currently has nearly a…
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Czech Republic misses deadline for implementing EU directive on arms control
Czech politicians have missed Friday’s deadline on passing a controversial EU amendment to its directive on the control of the acquisition and possession of weapons. The…
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Dog discovers Bronze Age treasure in Kostelec
While on a walk with his owner in the northern Bohemian village of Kostelecké Horky, a dog dug up more than 20 unique Bronze Age objects. These have since been analysed by…
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