All posts tagged Swiss
Headache pills and indigestion tablets. Expensive enough to cause the problem rather than cure it.
What the Swiss get up to when they go to Wankdorf.
It’s my favourite place-name in the whole of Bern. Wankdorf. What a great name for English speakers to laugh about; it’s almost too good to b ...
Swiss B&B refuses to let a gay couple stay
What a difference a verb makes! There was a story on BBC Online yesterday about a gay couple who had booked a room at the Swiss B&B in Cookham, Be ...
All you need to know about Switzerland: elections
Public spaces and squares all across Bern are currently hosting a new form of street furniture: large metal stands, each shaped like a capital A and p ...
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From first line to last word
February 5, 2010, No commentsTwo years ago I went to Geneva for my first writers’ conference for two days of workshops, brainstorming, networking and chatting. In one of those workshops I wrote down a ...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
December 22, 2009, No commentsSnow is falling all around me, chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, the Salvation Army is playing O Come All Ye Faithful, and the tills are ringing like jingle ...
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Gillette: the worst a man can get?
December 13, 2009, 3 CommentsClearly the Swiss expect nothing less than perfection from their greatest sports star. You might think Roger Federer has had rather a good year
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Swiss election results: xenophobia 0 commonsense 1
October 24, 2011, 31 Comments -
Dead famous in Switzerland
September 15, 2010, 29 Comments -
A beginner’s guide to Swissness
June 4, 2010, 28 Comments -
Meet Homo helveticus
October 3, 2011, 26 Comments -
What a load of poppycock from Fifa!
November 11, 2011, 24 Comments
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Expat Expo is back in Basel
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A vote to the death in Bern
May 10, 2013, 1 Comment -
Swiss prices give me indigestion
May 4, 2013, 9 Comments -
Where in Switzerland is this?
April 19, 2013, 14 Comments -
The old ad men of Switzerland
April 7, 2013, 1 Comment
