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Beatrix Potter, Harvest Scene, Esthwaite Water, 1896–1902, photo courtesy of the V&A Museum

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Beatrix Potter and a Guest from Australia

Guest speaker Anthony Macleod first got in touch in November, when he wrote to Centrepoint to ask whether there were any events that he might

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The Netherlands, Indonesia and Switzerland

The Centrepoint talk held on 11 December 2025 was titled simply “The Netherlands”. But the event proved triply rich. Jan-Willem van Wijck, Giok Zaat, and

Inaugural ceremony of the University at the Münster on 4th April 1460 (Picture: anonyme Historic drawing)

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Basel’s Greatest Glory

September’s HORIZON was dedicated to lifelong learning, and as a tie-in, Centrepoint invited Dr Mikkel Mangold from the Special Collections department at Basel University Library

Caspar David Friedrich: Friedhof im Schnee (1826)

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Planning your Funeral

“Funerals aren’t for dead people. They’re for the living.” – Angie Thomas On a sombre October evening, 24 mem­bers of the CP community gathered to

Kleinbasel side of Mittlere Brücke (Photo: Jakob Mettler)

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On the Other Side

If you take the standard tour of Basel, you’ll come across the Basel Cathedral, Marktplatz and city hall, the winding streets of the old town

Library hall of the Stiftsbibliothek St._Gallen. Photo: Michelle Lauterbach

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The Abbey Library of St Gall

In keeping with the Centrepoint HORI­ZON theme of books, we took a trip on 2nd November to the Abbey of St Gall, one of Switzerland’s

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