Journalist and Broadcaster
Switzerland’s culture mecca Basel has been hosting Eurovision 2025 and what a partnership it’s been. The music, culture and community have been front and centre around the city and not just for those with a ticket. A stroll around provides plenty of ESC vibes. I’m sat on the rooftop terrace of my good Basler friend, … Read more
Standing at an open window I’m entranced for a moment by the warm rays of sun dappling through the time-worn room. I’m surrounded by the white walls of a gallery space on Basel’s ancient Riehentorstrasse – now home to the first Pop-Up Gallery for the art agency Front of Bicycle – and I’m fortunate enough to be having … Read more
The artwork of Claude Le Roy is described as “like a graphic improvisation, unbridled and meticulously painted or coloured with details like an illuminator” (Art Historian Laurent Danchin). His giant canvases with their intricate imaginary calligraphy reveal his memories of growing up in Algeria. Painting the colourful symbols comes naturally to him he told me, just as … Read more