Born in London, Thomas was a journalist at The Independent before moving to Bern in 2005. He speaks all three official Swiss languages and enjoys travelling the country and practising them, above all in pubs, restaurants and gelaterias.
While St Bernards are adored around the world for their rum-toting, life-saving image, their lupine cousins just can’t catch a break: if they’re not being shot by protective farmers, they’re being run over by Swiss trains.
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