Czech Republic

  • A preview of my travel writing book.

  • A visit to the Kafka Museum in Prague.

  • The works of Czech Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha.

  • Prague in the winter of 2022 when there were no tourists.

  • Zdeněk Miler was a Czech illustrator and animator best known for his character the Little Mole (Krtek or Krteček).

  • I’m in Brno in the Czech Republic for a week before starting work in Austria next week. The Czech Republic…

  • We also went to the baroque St Nicholas’ church in Prague. I’m not at all religious (and it seems neither…

  • The pavements in the Old Town in Prague are all decorated with mosaics. Perhaps they’re not so great for the…

  • Puppetry is a big thing in the Czech Republic. As well as being the home of Jan Švankmajer and Jiří Trnka, there are…

  • We didn’t have a long time in Prague, so we didn’t get to sample that many places, but the ones…

  • After a week in Dresden at the end of August, I went to Prague for the weekend with my work…

  • I’ve spent most of the past month travelling around Germany and Austria teaching. It’s for an extra-curricular school programme. You…