A moment in Prague

With Libor and Petr, my Czech friends, we pop into the grand Prague 'Castle' (more of a palace complex, I would say) . The guards at the gate are as solemn and imposing as outside any palace. The president inside, however, doesn't have his head screwed on. He's a global warming denier.

'A few years ago there was a bit of a scandal' Petr tells me. Some of the guards, apparently, have starred in pornographic films in their official uniforms. "We have no respect here in the Czech Republic" he half-jokes "not the presidential guards, no-one"

(photo: petethepainter: creativecommons attribution noderiative licence)