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