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Leo Hornak

Leo Hornak is a former reporter and producer in London for PRI's The World. He previously worked at BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme and BBC 2’s Newsnight.Leo also make radio documentaries; his report on the US green card lottery was made into an hour long story for This American Life. He occasionally venture into print — in the past  The Sunday Times, the Independent and Timeout Mumbai have been kind enough to accept my scribblings.Leo's work has won prizes at the One World Media Awards and the New York Festivals.And, Leo is also a founder of In The Dark- a non-profit devoted to screening strange and wonderful pieces of radio in strange and wonderful venues. 
A place to grieve the complicated losses of COVID-19
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How British Christmas was conquered by a cake from Milan
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Britain’s huge hand-painted COVID memorial wall
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Sacred Spaces
‘Love you, then, well’: London’s National COVID Memorial Wall pays tribute to the country’s 240K lives lost to COVID-19
6:43
Street murals bring color to post-pandemic, post-Brexit London
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UK fines water companies for dumping sewage
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German ‘fight clubs’ with swords
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‘Cute,’ the exhibit
The icy Boxing Day sea swim
British bookstore donates backpacks to Ukrainian children across Europe 
How British Christmas was conquered by a cake from Milan
British chef, legend of Mexican cuisine, dies at 99
The breakfast that built England
The ‘full English breakfast’ is taking an inflation hit
The British grieve for their queen
The backstory to France’s galette des rois, a dessert with medieval roots
Victorian Christmas pudding
First omicron-related death recorded in the UK
London’s lidos reopen for swimmers 
Unexpected COVID-19 consequences in the English countryside
People enjoy the warm weather at Ruislip Lido in London, March 30, 2021. Temperatures in parts of the UK are expected to be significantly warmer this week as families and friends are reunited and outdoor sporting activities are allowed to resume in Englan
Lifestyle
Swimmers relish their first dip in Britain’s outdoor ‘lidos’ as lockdown relaxes 
Ana Silvera singing at the Manchester Jewish Museum
Becoming Portuguese: How Brexit and 500 years of Jewish history changed one British’s singer’s life
Wrong beach? Ceasar's forces first landed in Britain in 55BC.
Conflict
Wrong beach? Two British towns may not actually be where Caesar landed in 55 B.C.
Britain's addiction to mince pies goes back centuries
Culture
Britain’s strange addiction to a medieval Christmas treat
London's forgotten dead are commemorated once a month at the Crossbones Vigil.
Culture
London has a unique vigil for its forgotten dead
This Nov. 5, 2012 photo shows a 45-bedroom mansion in the upscale Knightsbridge neighborhood of London
Culture
Welcome aboard London’s dirty money bus tour
Alexis Turner, owner of London Taxidermy, says the motive for the heist remains a mystery.
Arts
The great British taxidermy heist: The animals are back, but the theft is still a mystery
Lemmy's job is not to hunt pigeons, but to deter them
Environment
London’s pigeon problem has a simple solution: a hawk
The Swan Theatre in London, one of the a generation of playhouses that appeared in the 16th century
Arts
Guess what? Shakespeare didn’t start the theater scene in England.
Pious Huguenots are shown leaving church in the squalor of London in William Hogarth's 'Noon'
Culture
The word ‘refugee’ has a surprising origin
Abdi and Hassan bid farewell to each other at Nairobi Airport in August 2014. A few minutes later, Abdi boarded a flight to Boston. The brothers have not seen each other since. Hassan is still attempting to apply for refugee status in the US.
Conflict
The story of two brothers, one green card and Trump’s ban
Culture
Pie in the sky: Meat-and-potato pastry ventures into the stratosphere
'Muslims Like Us' aims to show the diversity of Britain's Muslim communities
Culture
This BBC reality show has a very simple message: Not all Muslims are the same
Dino brain
Science
That’s not a pebble. It’s a fossilized dinosaur brain.
A police officer stands guard in front of the main entrance of French television network. The network is now believed to have been hacked by a Russian group linked to the hackers who have leaked emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Conflict
The Russian hackers going after Clinton also tried to destroy a French TV network
Sunset from the rebel-held section of Aleppo, which has been under siege for more than a year.
Culture
Only good memories of Aleppo allowed on this Facebook page
Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) watches as John Cornyn (R-TX) speaks after the Senate votes to override Barack Obama's veto of a bill that would allow lawsuits against Saudi Arabia's government over the Sept. 11 attacks.
Global Politics
9/11 families can now sue Saudi Arabia. That could ‘open the floodgates’ for suits against the US.
The word cucumber was one of many devastating insults in Elizabethan England.
Culture
Strumpets and ninnycocks. A short guide to Elizabethan insults.
Subway cats London
Culture
London Tube riders pay to replace ads with cats, set example for rest of world
A supporter of Black Lives Matter at a protest in London.
Culture
Black Lives Matter UK says climate change is racist
Archaeologists have discovered ancient spells buried in the graves of the city of Viminacium.
Culture
Behold the forgotten spells from the tombs of ancient Serbia!
Conflict
‘It was a horror’: Remembering London’s riots five years on
Conflict
Thieves in India cut through a train to steal banknotes
Residents light candles to honour victims of the blast in Quetta during a candellight vigil in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Conflict
More than 70 dead in suicide attack targeting lawyers in Pakistan
Rev. Jesse Jackson this week endorsed Hillary Clinton at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia
Election 2016
‘When blacks register, progressive whites win’: Jesse Jackson declares support for Clinton
At the RNC, "Girls just wanna have guns." At the DNC, "Girls just wanna have fundamental rights."
Election 2016
The unofficial merch at the conventions told a really different story than the speeches did
A woman holds a "Bernie!" sign at the Democratic National Convention
Global Politics
Britain elected a third-party candidate, but it didn’t quite fix everything
People cheer in the Quicken Loans Arena during the Republican National Convention
Culture
‘Lock her up!’: A guide to some of the RNC’s most popular chants
Black Lives Matter activist Hawk Newsome is calling for people to abstain from voting until the major parties listen to African American concerns.
Justice
Some Black Lives Matter activists plan not to vote in November
Rome's Pantheon is based on ancient concrete.
Development
There’s nothing abstract about this story. It’s strictly concrete.
One of the fleet of golden supercars that has obsessed London's media this week.
Culture
How London became obsessed with the golden supercars of a Saudi billionaire
A coffin for a victim in Lahore
Conflict
A blasphemy dispute preceded the deadly attack on Lahore
there is only one punishment for blasphemy, and only one punishment for insulting the Prophet Muhammed, and that is death. There is no alternative.”
Justice
Meet the Pakistani lawyer fighting to ensure blasphemy draws a death sentence
Afghan migrants arriving by boat on the Greek island of Lesbos. Under the new plan, all such migrants would be automatically deported to Turkey.
Conflict
The EU plan is a ‘death blow’ to refugee rights, says Amnesty International
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK was one of the museums targetted for attack
Conflict
Failed rhino heist brings Dead Zoo Gang to justice
A youth throws a stone as smoke and flames rise from a burning makeshift shelter in protest against the partial dismantlement of the camp for migrants called the "jungle," in Calais.
Conflict
French police begin a partial demolition of the ‘Jungle’ in Calais, sparking unrest
The dispute between Apple and security services might play out differently in Britain and France
Conflict
How Apple vs. the FBI would play out in Britain and France
London Mayor Boris Johnson and Prime Minister David Cameron have been schoolmates, political colleagues, and are now rivals in a battle of Britain's future in Europe.
Global Politics
How Britain’s debate over Europe has opened an old rivalry between former schoolmates