Adventures in the Czech Republic

For some reason the bishop always came last in the annual Brno hide-and-seek competition. I have just come back from a trip to the Cz...

My review of this masterpiece by one of Prague's favourite sons is over on my Magic Realism blog. Click on the link below to read the re...

I always have a wry smile to myself when I walk past Hotel Metamorphosis on my way through Prague's Old Town.  Why? I have this i...

Everywhere I look in Prague I see cutesy golems – on mugs, tea-towels, cards. It's as if the golem has been adopted as the mascot for...

I am planning a new novel, set in Prague, and drawing on my experience as an ex-pat. It will be a psychological paranormal mystery, so t...

On our September visit to Czech Paradise (Cesky Raj) my husband and I visited Frýdštejn rock castle near Malá Skála. The road to the cast...

I had sometimes wondered what the healthcare would be like in my adopted homeland. Would it be as good as the NHS in the UK? As an EU citize...