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2026

Switzerland alone

Switzerland in search of an enemy, or, the blind leading the blind.

Richard Law UTC 2026-05-22 18:05

Words: 1,629; reading time: 7 minutes

I've got a little list

A word with a lost past in Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado'

Richard Law UTC 2026-05-17 07:13

Words: 1,174; reading time: 5 minutes

Website spring clean

A bit of tweaking to mark the emergence of the 800th article on this website.

Richard Law UTC 2026-05-01 17:08

Words: 769; reading time: 3 minutes

Scrapbook for May

Always wait for Frigid Sophie

Richard Law UTC 2026-05-01 02:01

Words: 216; reading time: 1 minute

The Battle of Fort Pillow

Massacres, just so passé!

Richard Law UTC 2026-04-12 16:15

Words: 537; reading time: 2 minutes

Scrapbook for April

More pedantry | Welsh choirboy | Pass the parcel | Revolting | Website changes | Trump's erection by the sea | USA v. Iran in 42 seconds | Why I could never be a police call handler

Richard Law UTC 2026-04-01 02:01

Words: 2,495; reading time: 11 minutes

Talking with the animals

Prof. Dr. Doolittle meets Prof. Dr. Wittgenstein. Chaos ensues.

Richard Law UTC 2026-03-10 11:14

Words: 5,047; reading time: 22 minutes

Scrapbook for March

Website changes | Narnia: not my cup of tea | Compare and contrast

Richard Law UTC 2026-03-01 02:01

Words: 1,246; reading time: 5 minutes

Where is your brother?

On the 83rd anniversary of the first judicial murders of the White Rose martyrs, excerpts of a speech given by Heinrich Böll on remembering the dead of the Nazi terror.

Richard Law UTC 2026-02-22 18:09

Words: 3,244; reading time: 14 minutes

Updated on  2026-03-14

Simple yogurt making for complicated people

What to do with leftover yak stomachs.

Richard Law UTC 2026-02-21 07:22

Words: 2,072; reading time: 9 minutes

No laughing matter

German jokes and German theatre.

Richard Law UTC 2026-02-20 09:14

Words: 1,085; reading time: 4 minutes

Swiss bankers

Lifting up the stone to see what unpleasant things are wriggling underneath.

Richard Law UTC 2026-02-08 19:02

Words: 1,102; reading time: 5 minutes

Schubert's syphilis revisited (yet again)

A critical review of One night with Venus, a lifetime with mercury

Richard Law UTC 2026-02-04 09:12

Words: 5,258; reading time: 23 minutes

Scrapbook for February

More website changes | And so to Chur | Website changes

Richard Law UTC 2026-02-01 02:01

Words: 1,358; reading time: 6 minutes

Au Moulin de la Galette, Madeleine

Enigma in the Sapphic mood

Richard Law UTC 2026-01-01 04:21

Words: 2,667; reading time: 12 minutes

Scrapbook for January

Website changes: Categories | A tough year ahead for Switzerland | Website changes

Richard Law UTC 2026-01-01 02:01

Words: 489; reading time: 2 minutes

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