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Anglican Church Christmas Bazaar 2024

Broadcast on: 29 October, 2024

It's that time of year again – time for the popular Christmas Bazaar hosted by the Anglican Church in Basel (ACB)! Sarah Nevill joined us to talk about the Bazaar, which this year is on November 16th.

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A Basel Bar crawl, a review of ArtBasel Scope, The Synod the interview

Broadcast on: 18 June, 2013

Welcome to the sun, summer has finally arrived in Basel and we started the show with REM and the Undertones:

Ciarán spoke with Sue Style about some of the wonderful bars in Basel. Sue gave tips on where to enjoy summer while enjoying good food and good wine. Her original article was in the FT

Rob Stuart, A Swiss history lesson, ArtBasel

Broadcast on: 11 June, 2013

Welcome to The English Show on Radio X - for all the friendly people we met at the Basel Expat Expo.

Another action packed show this week:

Ciaran spoke with Nik Von Frankenberg about Swiss neutrality and its origins.

Nik Von Frankenberg, 2nd Annual English Book Sale, Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Broadcast on: 4 June, 2013

Welcome to The English Show on Radio X - for all the friendly people we met at the Basel Expat Expo last Sunday.

Another action packed show this week:

Ciaran spoke with Nik Von Frankenberg about Citizen initiated referendums.

Eva Mann, Ed McGaugh, Nina Bradlin, Dominik Grob

Broadcast on: 28 May, 2013

Action-packed show this week! We had guests galore as well as competitions, culture, music, sports and news.

Kiwi Jon talked to Eva Mann about the upcoming Semi-Circle play A Murder is Announced, written by Agatha Christie. The play starts June 7th for 10 performances only, all in English, right here in Basel. Listen to the podcast to find out all about it.

Nik von Frankenberg, Rob Stuart, Shalini Trefzer

Broadcast on: 21 May, 2013

Ciarán spoke with Nik von Frankenberg about the political parties on the left of the Swiss political system: the CVP, SP and the Green Party. With Guy Morin, Basel has one of the few green mayors in Switzerland.

John Picton, Sue Style, Nik Von Frankenberg, COMPETITION - WIN FISH and CHIPS

Broadcast on: 14 May, 2013

This week's show is action packed. Find out how to get traditional fish and chips in a traditional English pub The Fish Inn. John Picton, the English pub landlord came in to tell us about why he set up an English pub in Reinach.

Our monthly food guru, Sue Style, came into our Radio X studios to talk about a brilliant wine event in Alsace.

Nik von Frankenberg, Willard Wigan, Bryan Haab, COMPETITION TIME

Broadcast on: 7 May, 2013

This week, Ciaran talked to Nik von Frankenberg in part two of a series about the Swiss political system.

Nik von Frankenberg, Orchid Thai Restaurant Review

Broadcast on: 30 April, 2013

This week The English Show team brings you another action-packed show all about our region and upcoming events.

Ciaran talked to local Radio X journalist Nik von Frankenberg about Swiss politics, in his Political Podcast. In a concise way, it explains how politics works in Switzerland.

Parc des Eaux Vives

Broadcast on: 23 April, 2013

This week Kiwi Jon went to Parc Des Eaux Vives in Huningue. If you want to enjoy the joys of white water canoeing, 5 minutes from Basel over the border, then this is the place for you to go this spring and summer.

Sue Style, Rob Stuart

Broadcast on: 16 April, 2013

It's spring! And with it, the ground is covered in Bärlauch, or wild garlic. Wild garlic has always been associated with bears, as witnessed by its Latin, German and French names (Allium ursinum, Bärlauch and ail des ours, respectively). Seems that these hibernating animals are extremely partial to this garlicky member of the allium family, which emerges conveniently from its winter slumbers just as the bears are coming out of theirs.