A cathedral book, rich in flashes of inspiration, the latest novel by 31-year-old Swiss author Romain Debluë is the pride and joy of publisher Michel Moret, who has published works by Jacques Chessex and Corinna Bille. It follows the arrival in Paris of a young Swiss student.
First published in January 2014, Le Regard Libre, which has never changed its name or mission, has nevertheless evolved from a student magazine to an intellectual magazine present on the media scene. It's time to reveal a little more about what goes on behind the scenes.
Militia system, productivity, neutrality... In his essay «La Suisse n'existe plus» (Switzerland no longer exists), Nicolas Jutzet, project manager at the Institut libéral, shows that the idea we have of this democratic and economic model no longer really reflects reality.
The victory of the country's leading party over the Greens on Sunday went according to plan. But it's not enough for some commentators to acknowledge that immigration and wokism are causing criticism among the population.
Recounting the reconstruction of a loner in poor health against a backdrop of questions about adoption and identity. All in a hundred or so stylish, spicy pages. That was the challenge of this novel. Who could have doubted that the author would rise to it?
On the occasion of this 100th issue, let's celebrate pluralism, and its corollaries, tolerance and freedom of expression. When «Regard Libre» was created, we could never have imagined the extent to which these watchwords of our magazine would need to be defended.
One of the few right-wing figures in the intellectual community of French-speaking Switzerland has dedicated a book of photographs and reflections to his walk along the Southern Via Francigena, from Rome to the tip of the Italian “boot,” following a first volume devoted to the Northern Via Francigena.
The most damaging effect of drugs is to make us believe that everything else is irrelevant, when in fact it's quite the opposite. To fight the temptation of substances, we need to campaign for wonder. For the taste of taste.
Our society is saturated with directives designed to guide our actions. We need to preserve our autonomy, by remaining responsible adults, i.e. free and aware of what we are.