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• Seven ways to experience the best of Switzerland

  14-07-2024 13:00
  
  From the turquoise waters of Bernese Oberland to toothsome Ticino and musical Montreux, Switzerland caters for every tasteEurope’s best crossroads city, Basel, is a short tram ride from both Germany and France. Every person who stays in a hotel or guest house here gets free public travel – from the moment you arrive, your reservation counts as your ticket from the airport. Basel isn’t just brilliant for transport nerds, it’s also an art-filled, leisure-focused haven, espe
  
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• Cockpit Deptford review – the subtle art of making do

  14-07-2024 12:00
  
  Deptford, London
  The architects behind Peckham’s pioneering Bold Tendencies car park venue have renovated a block of artists’ studios housed in a 60s council office building, with a few deft additions maximising what was already thereCities are not made by housing alone. Nor, even, by the cafes and retail units and light garnish of landscape that tend to come with speculative residential developments. They also need places such as Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise providing studio sp
  
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