Mark Pickering
"We're Not Racist, We Just Don't Like Gypsies" – Meet the Romany Football Club Other Teams Refuse to Play
Led by a Romany manager, and predominantly made up of Romany players, FC Roma Decin are subjected to a vicious onslaught of insults and racial slurs on an almost weekly basis. Assuming the opposition turns up, that is.
Meet the Czech Ultras Who Prefer Spliffs to Scrapping
Their fans smoke weed in the stands and wave left-wing flags, while their badge is a green kangaroo. It's only fitting that the Czech Republic's most out-there football club is named Bohemians.
The Poltergeist That Plagued a North London House
We spoke to Guy Lyon Playfair, the investigative journalist who spent 14 months in Enfield's supposedly haunted house.
I Went to an Illegal Pig-Killing Party
The rural Czech tradition of zabíjačka sees families and friends come together in a boozy, carnival atmosphere to butcher, cut up, and prepare every single part of the pig for consumption. It's also banned under EU law.
I Went on a Tour of Prague's Drugs and Prostitution Hotspots
Our guide is Karim. A former male prostitute and heroin addict, he has spent 25 of his 40 years living and working on Prague's streets.
