Meet Homo helveticus
October 3, 2011, 19 Comments
Last week I wrote an article for the Swiss edition of Die Zeit, one of the main German newspapers, about the typical Swiss...
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One blog, 150 posts & 100,000 visitors
April 28, 2011, 4 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, 7 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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10 trivial facts about Switzerland
September 2, 2010, 13 Comments
Last month was trivia month but which was the most popular post? Cuckoo clocks or the Birdie Song? Nestlé or Rivella?
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July 7, 2010, 5 Comments
Heidi, everyone’s favourite Swiss Miss, recently had her parentage brought into question by a German scholar (see this earlier post), but what...
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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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Was Heidi’s father German?
April 8, 2010, 8 Comments
For millions of people around the world, she is the personificaton of Switzerland but it seems that the original Swiss miss may not...
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February 5, 2010, No comments
Two years ago I went to Geneva for my first writers’ conference for two days of workshops, brainstorming, networking and chatting. In...
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