Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

"'Tis my part to use that language”: The Gay Beggars production of “The Witch of Edmonton” currently running in Basel

Jacques Roubaud (1932-2024), poet, novelist, mathematician

The pronunciation of Salvador Dalí’s name and Taylor Swift’s “the last great american dynasty"

Ambitious first songs and poems opening debut albums and books: Taylor Swift’s “Tim McGraw” (2006) and Seamus Heaney’s “Digging” (1966)

Two striking copies at the St. Gallen Abbey Library

Swiss broadcaster Blue Sport and the varieties of German used in their broadcasts