Swiss election results: xenophobia 0 commonsense 1
October 24, 2011, 19 Comments
Swiss politics became the ultimate soufflé yesterday: full of hot air and with the middle rising nicely.
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Lessons I’ve learned from a Swiss election
October 23, 2011, 7 Comments
It’s decision day for the Swiss but only because today is the day when the votes are counted.
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Quick guide to the Swiss elections
October 18, 2011, 19 Comments
On Sunday Switzerland votes for a new parliament. But Swiss elections aren’t like most others.
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Teaching the Swiss to stand on the right
October 9, 2011, 12 Comments
The Swiss are usually very good at following instructions. This is a country where control and conform can feel like national verbs
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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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Vote for the Matterhorn!
September 29, 2011, 5 Comments
It’s election time, and not just in Switzerland. The online vote for the official list of the new Seven Wonders of Nature...
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The Swiss election campaign is underway
September 23, 2011, No comments
Election posters went up today all over Bern, and no doubt elsewhere across Switzerland.
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A writer’s life is never dull
September 20, 2011, No comments
‘How does it feel to be a full-time writer?’ That’s what I get asked these days. Or ‘When is the German edition...
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Ten essential facts about Bern
September 14, 2011, 10 Comments
The New York Times recently had a great little article about 36 hours in Bern, with 12 things to see and do in...
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Graffiti: the Swiss disease?
September 8, 2011, 21 Comments
This morning I opened the bedroom shutters and, as always, had to look at FUCK NAZIS in big letters on the house opposite.
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