A Day in the life of… Rev Nathalie Dürmüller, Minister of the Swiss Church in London. I am often asked, “So what do you do apart from taking the Sunday Services?” This always makes me smile, as it is quite difficult to answer, because every working day is different. I usually work from home in the morning... Read more
Dear Readers,
Many of you will be disappointed to read about the continuing cutbacks facing consulates around the world, especially as more Swiss live abroad today than ever before.
We bid farewell to Swiss international footballer, Bruno Berner, who has retired from English league football, and for those who might have thought a church minister only works on Sundays, check out just how much is packed into a day.
There is also a first-hand account of preparations for London 2012, but it is our young readers who feature strongly in this particular issue.
A couple of Anglo-Swiss teenagers eloquently describe their first life-defining trip to Switzerland without the parents. Back home, two sets of siblings start to foster their sense of Swiss-ness through a good read and our first young competition winners gleefully snuggle up to their cute and cuddly prize.
Many of you will be disappointed to read about the continuing cutbacks facing consulates around the world, especially as more Swiss live abroad today than ever before.
We bid farewell to Swiss international footballer, Bruno Berner, who has retired from English league football, and for those who might have thought a church minister only works on Sundays, check out just how much is packed into a day.
There is also a first-hand account of preparations for London 2012, but it is our young readers who feature strongly in this particular issue.
A couple of Anglo-Swiss teenagers eloquently describe their first life-defining trip to Switzerland without the parents. Back home, two sets of siblings start to foster their sense of Swiss-ness through a good read and our first young competition winners gleefully snuggle up to their cute and cuddly prize.
Andrew Littlejohn
Switzerland in the UK supplement
Click here for a PDF version of issue 2/2012
