8 May 2021
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...
10 Feb 2021
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...
11 Jan 2021
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,...
15 Dec 2020
door © VONDeling >> I apologize but this text is only available in Dutch. MET LIEVEN BOEVE, STEFANIE CLAERHOUT, BRUNO DE LILLE, GUIDO KNOPS, WILFRIED NEUTJENS, DIDIER POLLEFEYT, LUC SELS, GRIET SMEETS, LINDA VAN HERCK EN MGR KOEN VANHOUTTE Op het einde van een annus...
9 Dec 2020
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...
12 Nov 2020
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...
