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On Killing Things

3rd January 2020 Joe Slater 3988 Comments

The Switzerland I knew in the 1980s was the other side of the country from Vaud, the remote canton of Graubünden (Grisons), home to German-, Italian- and Romansh-speaking farmers and villagers, where Alpine cattle were [more…]

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A Night in the Land of the Lucky

29th November 2019 Joe Slater 3166 Comments

Autumn 2014 So this was the plan. I was doing a Eurail circuit of France, and while in Dijon wanted to include a day or two in nearby French-speaking Switzerland. But because I was on [more…]

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The Master-Builder of Brussels

4th November 2019 Joe Slater 2574 Comments

Brussels. Is there any less loveable west European capital? The moment you step out of Bruxelles-Midi station — after all these years, I still forget that Midi means south, not central — your heart sinks. [more…]

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Guilty by Citation

8th August 2019 Joe Slater 3168 Comments

“All the routines of daily life are affected. You choose between being spat on in public places or staying at home. You are completely exposed. It suddenly becomes quiet all around you. Friends you have [more…]

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On Being Doxxed

1st August 2019 Joe Slater 2917 Comments

Fellow Postaliers, imagine that you fire up your computer in the morning, open the Daily Express website to check the headlines and find yourself looking at your own swooningly handsome visage, in a row of [more…]

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Lest we remember

11th April 2019 Joe Slater 7620 Comments

The 1813 Battle of Leipzig is known in Germany as the Battle of the Nations (Völkerschlacht). It was greatest fight in European history prior to World War I, with nearly 400,000 Russian, Prussian, Austrian and [more…]

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