Adrian Boutel

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Kiwi in Suisse Romande. Have practised law and taught philosophy. Wondering whether to do WSET 4.

Night view westward over roofs of central Valletta towards the other harbour (Marsamxett)
Two boats crossing beside the lighthouse at the entrance of the Grand Harbour of Valletta
Two dormer windows, one half closed by a silver blond, one lit internally in orange, against a threatening pink sky
A yellow and black bee with purple wings on a crimson bottle-brush flower
Headline and subheading from the FT saying “Al medical tools match or surpass doctors for advice “Two health models displayed clinical value across a range of diagnostic and treatment decisions, studies show”
Update from rts.ch on the referendum for a 10-million population cap in Switzerland: "Les villes ont pris le dessus sur la campagne", estime le président de l'UDC Le président de l'UDC Suisse, Marcel Dettling, attribue la défaite probable de son parti aux urnes au fossé entre la ville et la campagne. "La campagne a très clairement dit oui, mais les villes ont fait pencher la balance", a-t-il déclaré sur la radio alémanique SRF. "La campagne a massivement approuvé cette initiative", a déclaré le conseiller national
Referendum poster in Geneva against the 10m population cap, saying it will lead to “Chaos à la Brexit” (by abrogating Switzerland’s bilateral agreements with the EU)
Screenshot of Janan Ganesh column teaser on the FT mobile website. “Labour has all too clear a vision/The accusation of vagueness does not fit this straightforwardly leftwing government”
A magpie pecks at a roof top ridge in the rain
View up the Simmental towards the Wildstrubel massif, from a window in Sankt Stephan, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Chart of European stock market indexes, and US stock futures, at 9:15am (just after open) CEST, showing significant *gains* despite the Strait of Hormuz closing *again*
Photo of Gruyères street during the annual cheese festival, showing crowds filling the town and a mountain in the background.
Crowd of No Kings protestors in Münsterhof, Zurich, Switzerland
View of the Thames estuary from Leigh-on-Sea with the tide fairly low, container ship entering the Thames in the distance
Red Angus calf, somewhat oddly located near Yvoire on Lake Geneva.
Two gondolas are about to pass each other in the mountains above Churwalden, Switzerland
Lineup of Grover Zampa wines for a tasting at their Bengaluru winery
Lufthansa B747-400 attached to the jetty at FRA
Tweet from SexMatters.org retweeting BBC News saying “@HJoyceGender: "What is distinctive about single sex groups is obviously lost if people of the opposite sex are admitted."
Fnac.ch description of MacBook Pro M4 Pro: "des performances hallucinantes". That doesn't literally mean hallucinatory (that would be "hallucinatoire"), but there are other French words for "impressive" they could have used instead...
A pair of scissors with a zip tie holding the finger ends together. To make them usable, a pair of scissors is required.
Un panneau de magasin qui bloque plus que la moitié du trottoir, déjà étroit à cause des travaux
Chart of visa costs by country, the UK massively highest—almost entirely due to the “health surcharge”, but labels are just labels and pounds are pounds
View southwest down Lake Lugano from Gandria
Traditional view from left bank of King’s bridge over the back lawn to the chapel and Gibbs building
Choir stalls in King’s College chapel Cambridge
Album cover image of "Broken English" by Marianne Faithfull
Double rainbow on and above the surface of Lake Geneva, formed in the spray of the Jet d’Eau, viewed from its pier looking NE
Eyes of the waharoa gleam over the billowing steam
Steam rising from thermally heated pools. The photo is colour but the scene is monochromatic
A swallow turns in evening light above a stream in Kuirau Park
Rocky beach with small sparrow in flight, wings at bottom of downbeat.
Image of Financial Times headline, "UK is being 'left behind' on crypto, says George Osborne"
Small chapel in the French alps after a snowfall, with warm yellow morning sunlight diffusing through the clouds