Scott Rogers;Jasper Bear

Published 14 March 2018 at 2612 × 1959 in Part 1: When ‘The Globe’ Came to Prague

The five Globe founders, pictured here in August 1993, just a few weeks after the opening: (R-L) Markéta Rogers (Janku), Scott Rogers, Mark Baker, Jasper Bear and Maura Griffin. (Photo by Chris Niedenthal/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

The five Globe founders in August 1993 in the shop in Prague, just a few weeks after the bookshop and coffeeshop opening: (R-L) Markéta Rogers (Janku), Scott Rogers, Mark Baker, Jasper Bear and Maura Griffin. Photo by Chris Niedenthal/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images

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Mark Baker

I’m an independent journalist, travel writer and author who’s lived in Central Europe for nearly three decades. I love the history, literature, culture and mystery of this often-overlooked corner of Europe, and I make my living writing articles and guidebooks about the region. Much of what I write eventually finds its way into commercial print or digital outlets, but a lot of it does not.

And that’s my aim with this website: to find a space for stories and experiences that fall outside the publishing mainstream.

My Book: ‘Čas Proměn’

In 2021, I published “Čas Proměn” (“Time of Changes”), my first book of historical nonfiction. The book, written in Czech, is a collection of stories about Central and Eastern Europe in the 1980s and early ‘90s, including memories of the thrilling anti-communist revolutions of 1989. The idea for the book and many of the tales I tell there were directly inspired by this blog. Czech readers, find a link to purchase the book here. I hope you enjoy.

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