Etiket: Jubel
Only if you experience small bad luck enough times will you understand the value of luck Joost Oomen reads a Jubel
Dear Matthijs, Tom, Mart, every broadcaster in the report of the Van Rijn committee, Last week my washing machine broke down. It was nothing serious, it wouldn’t spin anymore because…
So, Dilan Yesilgöz, next time you address the House, drink an aperitif | Joost Oomen reads a Jubel
In ‘My Last Breath’, the autobiography of Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, Luis writes about the reason why we live in such bad times. According to him, it is all due…
Is that fight for a better life for everyone finished with me? | Joost Oomen reads a Jubel
It started in a sod hut. In a peat colony where you worked your lungs out for far too little pay. Where you stacked pieces of peat for hours on…
What do you bring to someone with a broken head? | Joost Oomen reads a Jubel
One of my best friends has an injury. It’s not an ankle that needs to be iced, it’s not an arm in a sling, it’s not a blister where a…
Monkeys live in India. They’ve been doing that for a long time Joost Oomen reads a Jubel
Monkeys live in India. They’ve been doing that for a long time, probably longer than ground cinnamon or lentil soup has been made. They have certainly lived there longer than…
I float on my back as I count the tiles on the ceiling | Joost Oomen reads a Jubel
You should know that it is also unusual for me. But because Terschelling is a small island, Oerol pulls out the strangest antics to accommodate the artists of their festival.…
The prime minister lies among the daisies, she writes a sonnet there | Column Jubel Joost Oomen
On 25 January (sweat?) Lieke Marsman retired as Poet Laureate after two years of loyal service. Her successor, no one knows who, canceled at the last minute due to personal…
Everything is besides terrible, also incredibly beautiful | Joost Oomen reads his column ‘Jubel’
Of course, it is the job of the columnist to respond to current events. And the current events are terrible at the moment: there is war, football, a beloved television…
Tanks covered with flowers belong to the time of Hitler and Churchill | Joost Oomen reads his column ‘Jubel’
Kherson was liberated and it was Sunday. People threw bunches of flowers at passing Ukrainian tanks, old women gave apples to young soldiers, parents in the stunned inner city held…