In the Netherlands, André van Duin moved the entire country with his speech at the Commemoration of the Dead, 76 years after the end of WWII. Remarkably, André van Duin said it was his first time attending the official commemoration of the dead. All previous years he...
Our son turned eighteen. Because of the corona crisis, there wasn’t much of a celebration, but he seems to like the idea of being an adult. However, his joy is nothing compared to ours, his parents. The fact that we were able to help a son grow up can be called...
At the beginning of this year, Belgian Under-23 cyclist Justin Laevens came out of the closet. He thought it was a big step himself because, he said “‘I personally don’t know anyone in the cycling world who has already come out.’ Now,...
There was some sniggering in the newspapers and on television last week. Very understandable by the way because it is not every week that you catch a homophobic Hungarian MEP at a gay sex party in Brussels. The fact that the party was organized by a Brussels native...
I love Ugly Belgian Houses. From the website and from the videos, although I must confess that I only discovered the latter during this lockdown on YouTube. On the website you see dozens of photos of ‘ugly’ Belgian houses: they are decorated with starfish...
