Billie Eilish interrupts concert to help a fan
Billie Eilish, here at the Glastonbury Festival 2019. Paula Irmschler would have liked to have had such a friend or role model when she was young. Photo: Getty Images, Jim…
The return of John Frusciante has reinvigorated the Chili Peppers
In an interview, the Red Hot Chili Peppers spoke about reuniting with John Frusciante. A great event, which even made one or the other cry with joy. Editor’s recommendation “To…
Vanilla is also grown in the Netherlands for the first time, and that turns out not to be easy
Vanilla, the pod of a tropical orchid, has captivated us since the 19th century. Now the plant is also grown in the Netherlands for the first time, and that turns…
Amsterdam ex-soldier during Bouterse’s reign is on trial: he told about murders
For the first time in the Netherlands, a suspect is on trial for war crimes in Suriname. Amsterdammer Abdoel L. murdered innocent civilians in 1987, including at least one child,…
Labor market prospects for the borrower generation are good, the repayment is lenient
With their demonstration on Saturday in Amsterdam, students from the ‘loan generation’ drew attention to their financial and social position. The Rutte II cabinet (VVD and PvdA) abolished the basic…
NK Headwind cycling: mind at zero and dealing with the childhood trauma of going to school in all kinds of weather
On the Oosterschelde tropic, which can be taken on an ordinary city bicycle, there was a full wind force 7, with gusts of up to 80 kilometers per hour.Statue Arie…
The narrative pace in ‘Jekels hunt’ is Omroep Max-ish slow
Anyone who regularly watches RTL Boulevard will have seen that program maker and physicist Diederik Jekel has recently developed into a clear, calm explainer of corona and pandemic issues. In…
Freestyler Eileen Gu is in the eye of a geopolitical storm between the US and China
Freestyler Eileen Gu during a training session for the Winter Games.Image REUTERS She has a chance to win three medals at these Winter Games, works as a fashion model for…
It’s nice to be guided by Freakonomics’ infectious curiosity
The successful book series Freakonomics from the economist duo Stephen J.Dubner and Steven Levitt has had an equally successful podcast spin-off for a few years now: Freakonomics Radiopresented by Dubner.…
When ‘billionaire next door’ Warren Buffett oracles, everyone else listens
He is 91 years old and investors are hanging on his every word, hungry for every word. Logically, because billionaire Warren Buffett rarely disappoints. For example, the commodity forecast he…
