I’ve never understood sport. I don’t mean the rules – although, quite honestly, whoever invented cricket must have been insane. No, I mean I’ve never understood the appeal of sport; never understood why supporters go so far out of their way to have their hopes crushed and their hearts broken. Take the World Cup for […]
Archives for 2014
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Top of this week’s list is The Goldfinch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning third novel from Donna Tartt, her first new book in 11 years. The book was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2013 by the New York Times Book Review.
Identity and the cost of living abroad
The Independence Day celebrations for Canadians (1 July) and Americans (4 July) are reminders about identity. This is not always easy, particularly if one’s family consists of different nationalities with kids born in places such as Nairobi or Singapore, or attending school in Switzerland or France. How does one explain what it means to be […]
Exploring Roman Switzerland: Lessons for diversity
NYON Apart from having left Switzerland with an exceptional archaeological legacy, the ancient Romans are also a reminder for both Swiss and EU citizens of just how culturally diverse and open to trade and migration their empire was. “I don’t wish to romanticise, but Roman society was incredibly mixed with Romans, Greeks, Berbers, Frisians, Helvetics, […]
Le News – 3 July 14 – edition 29
03 July 2014 Download the latest edition of Le News here: Le News 03.07.14 Edition 29 (Right click “save target as”)
Edgar Mitchell, moon walker on tour in Switzerland
The US astronaut, Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14), the sixth man ever to have walked on the moon and pilot of the lunar module on his mission, is coming to Switzerland to participate in a public conference in Tramelan, on Monday 7 July at 20h00. Mitchell will be accompanied by Swiss astronaut, Claude Nicollier et by […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Award-winning American author, John Green, has done it again. Considered his most ambitious novel yet, it explores the humorous, thrilling but tragic experience of being alive – and in love. Hazel has just earned herself a few extra years with a tumour-shrinking medical miracle. But a striking plot shift emerges in the form of Augustus Waters, who appears at a Cancer Kid Support Group. This results in an unexpected re-write of Hazel’s story
Martigny Exhibition: Re-embracing Renoir
French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir is the subject of a new exhibition – Revoir Renoir! – at the Fondation Pierre Gianadda in Martigny. The exhibit, which will opens from 20 June to 23 November, showcases an exceptional mix of Renoir’s paintings, with over 100 works reflecting his entire career – 60 years of creation. The exhibition […]
A literary hiking tour across a Swiss language border in Pfyn or Finges
The forest of Pfyn/Finges, on the French-German language border between Sierre and Leuk, is home to one of Europe’s last large-pine forests. Once the haunt of robbers and highwaymen, it is now a nature paradise prized for its diversity (from insects and amphibians to plants and birds) with rich literary associations. If you can manage […]
Robyn Goss explores her husband’s efforts to get their kids interested in sport
With all the football fever in the air, my husband has been fantasising about – finally, finally – getting one of the children interested in sport. He gave up with me just after we met, but with his daughters … well, he might still have someone to watch the rugby with; to go to cricket […]
