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TV subtitles Swiss-style

January 20, 2014, No comments

You couldn’t make it up. A sports programme with sexy subtitles for the hard-of-hearing.

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The biology of Swiss windows

October 18, 2013, 10 Comments

Are your windows innies or outies? If you’re reading this in Switzerland then most likely they are innies.

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Six Swiss ways to keep cool

August 3, 2013, 1 Comment

It’s the hottest summer since 2003 so how do the Swiss escape the heat? 

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1291 and all that

July 30, 2013, No comments

Swiss Americans are a generally modest bunch, as befits their roots.

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Swiss prices give me indigestion

May 4, 2013, 13 Comments

Headache pills and indigestion tablets. Expensive enough to cause the problem rather than cure it.

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The old ad men of Switzerland

April 7, 2013, 1 Comment

Sex sells but in Switzerland that cliché creates a rather disturbing mental image.

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Six questions about Switzerland

March 19, 2013, 16 Comments

Eight years ago I arrived in Switzerland with a lot of questions about my new home.

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Lindt bunnies are not Swiss

March 12, 2013, 8 Comments

They are the symbol of Easter in Switzerland. But the golden Lindt bunnies aren’t Swiss.

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Explaining Britain to the Swiss

February 1, 2013, 6 Comments

Being British in Switzerland isn’t always easy. Being English is much simpler.

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Switzerland not for sale

January 24, 2013, 2 Comments

For sale signs are something you seldom see in Switzerland – unlike Britain where they appear almost everywhere.

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