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Time Capsule
Due to programming changes, WRS is no longer producing Time Capsule.
Natasha Proietto joins Conor Lennon to sweep us momentarily back in time to key moments in Swiss history.
Time Capsule: Holiday in an historical monument
Tuesday, 6 July, 2010For a double cultural experience on holiday, check out the story behind your hotel and have an overnight stay in one that’s steeped in history. Natasha Proietto is your guide to Switzerland’s historical monuments that let you catch 40 winks.
Tuesday, 6 July, 2010For a double cultural experience on holiday, check out the story behind your hotel and have an overnight stay in one that’s steeped in history. Natasha Proietto is your guide to Switzerland’s historical monuments that let you catch 40 winks.
Time Capsule: The history of Swiss chocolate
Tuesday, 29 June, 2010Historian Natasha Proietto tucks into a few squares of chocolate—she thought she might tell us how Switzerland became world famous for the stuff while she was at it. Grab yourself a bar and nibble away—it’s all in the name of history after all.
Tuesday, 29 June, 2010Historian Natasha Proietto tucks into a few squares of chocolate—she thought she might tell us how Switzerland became world famous for the stuff while she was at it. Grab yourself a bar and nibble away—it’s all in the name of history after all.
Time Capsule: Espace Jules Verne
Tuesday, 22 June, 2010Our resident historian Natasha Proietto tells us how the famed French author is connected to Switzerland:
Tuesday, 22 June, 2010Our resident historian Natasha Proietto tells us how the famed French author is connected to Switzerland:
Time Capsule: Swiss explorers through the centuries
Tuesday, 15 June, 2010Swiss explorers have travelled the length and breadth of the planet. Natasha Proietto tells us where they’ve been and what they were doing there:
Tuesday, 15 June, 2010Swiss explorers have travelled the length and breadth of the planet. Natasha Proietto tells us where they’ve been and what they were doing there:
Time Capsule: Diplomacy Trail, part 2: A new era
Tuesday, 1 June, 2010In part two of the diplomacy trail series, Natasha Proietto looks at what Swiss foreign policy entailed after the federal state was formed. A new era of concrete, federal policy was ushered in - but unlike many other countries there was not only a focus on Swiss interests abroad, but also on promoting peace and human rights.
Tuesday, 1 June, 2010In part two of the diplomacy trail series, Natasha Proietto looks at what Swiss foreign policy entailed after the federal state was formed. A new era of concrete, federal policy was ushered in - but unlike many other countries there was not only a focus on Swiss interests abroad, but also on promoting peace and human rights.
Time Capsule: Diplomacy trail, part 1: The early years
Tuesday, 25 May, 2010Natasha Proietto considers how the concept of Swiss diplomacy and foreign policy developed from 1291 onwards, with a look at the main tenets of the pre-modern era and the contributions to political thought of several key characters, including Guiseppe Motta, who oversaw Swiss foreign policy at a crucial time in its history and helped to develop the concept of the country as a base for the politics of peace.
Tuesday, 25 May, 2010Natasha Proietto considers how the concept of Swiss diplomacy and foreign policy developed from 1291 onwards, with a look at the main tenets of the pre-modern era and the contributions to political thought of several key characters, including Guiseppe Motta, who oversaw Swiss foreign policy at a crucial time in its history and helped to develop the concept of the country as a base for the politics of peace.
Time Capsule: Strategy Trail: The enigma of the Villa Rose
Tuesday, 18 May, 2010Resident historian Natasha Proietto talks about how Switzerland prepared militarily for WWII with the historian and Head of International Relations at Webster University in Geneva, Alexandre Vautravers. They focus on the enigmatic Villa Rose in Gland, one of the most popular museum destinations in the country, which is not all that it seems from the outside.
Tuesday, 18 May, 2010Resident historian Natasha Proietto talks about how Switzerland prepared militarily for WWII with the historian and Head of International Relations at Webster University in Geneva, Alexandre Vautravers. They focus on the enigmatic Villa Rose in Gland, one of the most popular museum destinations in the country, which is not all that it seems from the outside.
Time Capsule: Literary trail: Lake Constance and Nietzsche
Tuesday, 11 May, 2010Continuing on the literary trail through Switzerland, Natasha Proietto talks about the history of Lake Constance (known as the Bodensee in Swiss-German) and the literary works that were born around this region, including those of Friedrich Nietzsche:
Tuesday, 11 May, 2010Continuing on the literary trail through Switzerland, Natasha Proietto talks about the history of Lake Constance (known as the Bodensee in Swiss-German) and the literary works that were born around this region, including those of Friedrich Nietzsche:
Time Capsule: Mountain trail: The Matterhorn
Tuesday, 4 May, 2010
Tuesday, 4 May, 2010
Natasha Proietto covers the rich history associated with the Matterhorn, or Cervin, in Zermatt:
