All my life, I have been amazed how fellow Dutchmen read more
Emilie and the Freudian Slipper
It is a well-known image used to illustrate the conservative read more
Henchman on the Sofa ‒ Vyacheslav Menzhinsky: Poet and Hangman
Bolsheviks and poetry are not the most likely combination. Lenin read more
About ‘Green Happiness’ and Why “Grease Is the Word” was My Favourite Song This Week
This is the life of illusion Wrapped up in trouble read more
Willard Libby, Hessel de Vries, and the Poles of Saint Walburga
The revelations of an ex-libris I think all buyers of read more
(A very, very late) 60(/61) Years of Eurovision: Ranking the Dutch – Part 6 (10-1): The Best
Dear Eurovision, WHAT THE HELL?! I had been planning to read more
A Bit of Peace, a Bit of Love – Ralph Siegel: Eurovision Maniac
As the 2016 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is read more
About the Dutch National Book Week and the Horrors of an Oral Examination
Yesterday marked the start of the traditional Dutch Book Week, read more
Cats, Old Deuteronomy, …and Sugar Coated Anti-Semitism?!
I have a few confessions to make… The first one read more
Borys Humeniuk: ‘The Tank of Ukrainian Literature’ in the Netherlands
The Ukrainian poet Borys Humeniuk is angry. Angry at the read more