The long road to becoming Swiss
June 10, 2020, 1 Comment
It only took 979 days. That’s longer than the siege of Leningrad and almost as much time as the Brexit negotiations. But...
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The (almost) Swiss President of the United States
November 8, 2012, 2 Comments
President’s Obama’s right little toe is Swiss, or at least a small part of him is: 1/256th to be exact.
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Have you been Newly Swissed yet?
July 20, 2012, 1 Comment
Shocking news: I am not the only one writing about Swissness in all its glory. There are others.
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The land of the scarlet slippers
April 3, 2012, 9 Comments
Red shoes. It’s amazing how two innocent little words in one book can unexpectedly provoke so much heated debate.
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The ten most popular posts of 2011
January 23, 2012, No comments
2011. It was quite a year. Arab Spring, London riots, Fukushima, euro crisis – and a general election in Switzerland.
LEARN MORE ›What do other Europeans call Switzerland?
September 1, 2011, 13 Comments
Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Svizra. Switzerland has four names in its four national languages, and that’s not counting the domestic versions of the...
LEARN MORE ›Four little films about Swissness
June 15, 2011, 5 Comments
For the past few weeks I’ve been making little video podcasts about Swissness. The very first one featured a coconut which...
LEARN MORE ›One blog, 150 posts & 100,000 visitors
April 28, 2011, 6 Comments
I couldn’t have planned it better if I’d tried. This is the 150th post on this blog, and at 22.42 last night...
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Switzerland from A to Z
October 5, 2010, 8 Comments
A is for apple. Ever since William Tell shot one off his son’s head, the humble apple has been the unofficial national...
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A beginner’s guide to Swissness
June 4, 2010, 36 Comments
It’s the opening round of Family Fortunes (or 5Gegen5 if you’re reading this in Switzerland). The host says, “We asked 100 people to...
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