This week on The English Show, we’re still buzzing from Fasnacht, and to keep the buzz going, we’re talking bees. In the new book Bee Wise, lead author Philip Atkinson combines his work as a business coach and beekeeper to offer insights into leadership learned from the beehive.
Frankyln Spence, a Canadian artist expat living in Basel for the last 6+ years, joined us to tell us about his latest endeavors and his Creative Workshop studio. Franklyn has a new jewelry-making class in the works for which he has open spaces.
Bruce French, designer for the Rolling Stones shows and the BRIT Awards, among many other things, has been designing Richard Wherlock's productions for the past nine years.
Chris Morton is the keyboard player and lyricist for prog rock band The Synod, based in London and Basel. The band have been hard at work on a new eponomously titled album, slated for release this spring.
Lisa Chuma is a 30-year-old innovative, open-minded, inspiring and heart-centred entrepreneur who moved to Switzerland 3 years ago as a trailing spouse without a job. This Zimbabwean-born and -raised entrepreneur has quickly become a role model to many due to her courage and risk-taking attitude.
We're always delighted to have Sue Style on the show - this time to talk about the tradition of pre-Lenten/Carnival foods, cue for a load of wondrously rich and stupendously fattening deep-fried pastries and other goodies that were traditionally scoffed in anticipation of a lean time during Lent:
Lukas Straumann is the author of the controversial new book Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia. Money Logging investigates the massive destruction of the Borneo rainforest by Malaysian loggers.
It's Museums Night 2015 this Friday - always a great event to wander around a museum or ten at 1 in the morning. We talked to Eva Keller of the Cultural Department Basel-Stadt, who is responsible for Museums Night. She told us what Museums Night is, where to go as a family, and how to get from museum to museum.