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There’s something deliciously decadent about going to the cinema in the afternoon. It’s like bunking off school, only with permission (it was my day off). And in winter it feels even more...
View ArticleGillette: the worst a man can get?
Clearly the Swiss expect nothing less than perfection from their greatest sports star. You might think Roger Federer has had rather a good year -winning the French Open for the first time, Wimbledon...
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Swiss air gets a little cleaner with today’s smoking ban
When I first started visiting Switzerland ten years ago, every train carriage had a dividing wall a third of the way along: the smaller part was for smokers, the larger for non-smokers. Invariably...
View ArticleIt’s chips with everything
Last week I decided to see which English words I’d see and read in one normal day. Of course, I excluded the fact that I work in an English Bookshop and just counted things like reading the paper,...
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