Adventures in the Czech Republic

Back in November I visited Jindrichuv Hradec to arrange a visit by a group from Australia to the town. As part of the visit we will be atte...

In 2005, following the success of the BBC's 100 Greatest Britons, Czech Television launched a competition to find the greatest Czech. W...

We Brits are told that we are reserved and private in our behaviour, compared to other nations that is. Looking at the Czechs superficially ...

The Hussites were followers of the teachings of theologian Jan Hus (John Huss) who was burnt at the stake as a heretic. Their one-eyed ...

There are many myths and few facts about the original Good King Wenceslas. Let's start with the facts. Wenceslas was Vaclav I Duke of ...

I was waiting for a bus a fortnight ago in Cesky Krumlov. There was quite a crowd of people at the bus stop, but none of them were queuing. ...

My posts about the history of this part of the Czech Republic don't usually look at the more recent past, but there is plenty of it aro...