We did not have enough members to justify a separate tour for BRA but a few intrepid (chocoholics?) joined a public tour in English later that day. It may sound a failure but everyone agreed it was excellent and informative and highly recommended. Many members regretted they could not come but were out of Switzerland. […]
At the last minute we had to change the date from Tuesday 9 July to Thursday 11 July, nevertheless twelve old, new and prospective members plus two dogs could enjoy a jolly lunch together. Weather a bit too cold to sit outside. Most of us enjoyed the delicious Fish and Chips, served on a strip […]
Honouring Queen Elizabeth’s birthday at the beautiful Belvoir Park Restaurant, near Enge station. The weather was not very kind but we gathered under the Terrace awning and could still enjoy views of the Belvoir Garden. Dani Schulz, our bagpipe player of many years welcomed everyone, mingled with guests and played in the surrounding garden. […]
Monica Shah, a BRA Member has just opened this Centre which upholds the British tradition of early and diverse education – education is not just schooling. Robin Hull, Director of the Zurich Hull School gave a comprehensive survey of all aspects of schooling in Switzerland. We enjoyed an informal buffet lunch and meeting with […]
We are grateful to the Zurich Reformation Ambassador, Protestant Minister Catherine McMillan. Last year she led us through an afternoon on Zwingli, who introduced the Reformation into Switzerland. It was a different approach to the Reformation in Germany. It gave rise to a welfare state in Switzerland, laid the foundation for the UN and eventually […]
On a chilly Sunday, on 17 March, a group of 10 BRA Members from the North East Region, plus a child and dogs met up at the Bürkliplatz, Zürich, for what has become a traditional Lakeside Walk. It was cloudy but the view of the snow-clad mountains glittering in the sun at the end of […]
Five intrepid art lovers went to see the Kokoschka retrospective at the Zürich Kunsthaus on Saturday 9th February. The artist, almost a vagabond, lived in Vienna, a long time in England before ending his years and changing his nationality in Switzerland. He remained true to his art, not wavering to cubism or other modern movements. […]
No, not another boring commentary on Brexit by someone who knows nothing, but part of the text of a Walt Whitman poem set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams . . . What a lovely surprise we had on the 20th January in the KKL Luzern, a visit arranged by the BRA with a table […]
Thirteen cheese lovers and one dog met up at The British Cheese Centre in the Zurich Viaduct Markthalle, for what has now become for some of us an annual event of enjoying British cheese and fine drinks. Mike Fontana-Jones, the British owner, has the largest selection of quality British cheeses in the world outside of […]
For the second time members visited the Haus Zum Rech to glance this time at a recreation by the city archives of photos of religious buildings that disappeared at the Reformation or later, particularly interesting was the St Anna Chapel superimposed on the shoe department which now stands in its place. Afterwards a chat in […]