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Opinion | Babysitting grandmother – NRC
The tower clock strikes half past six when I get into the car for the biweekly babysitting day with the grandchildren. It’s a busy morning rush hour, but that shouldn’t…
What does NRC | think? The disaster in Libya shows a lack of basic governance
This is NRC’s daily commentary. It contains opinions, interpretations and choices. They are written by a group of editors, selected by the editor-in-chief. In the comments, NRC shows where it…
Opinion | Birthday – NRC
It’s my birthday, four years away from a new decade. Old-fashioned cards and letters in the mail with enthusiastic congratulations. Below that is a beautiful drawing by a peer. The…
Column | Grandmaster Carver – NRC
Good news: Raymond Carver’s work is available again in Dutch translation. It appeared under the title A small blessing a beautiful edition of all his stories, excellently translated by Sjaak…
World famous with clone sheep Dolly – NRC
‘The second creation’ is what Ian Wilmut called his research project in which he was the first in the world to clone an adult mammal: the sheep Dolly. It sounds…
Dental plaque from the neighbor – NRC
Few people can say they saw something first. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek could have done that – if he had known that they were bacteria that he saw through his home-built…
Desperately frustrated parents – NRC
Experiences that you have to have to really understand are often good podcast topics. Maarten Dallinga (Not of the World, Tangled up) always knows where to find these topics. In…
Abuse at the swimming pool edge – NRC
The latest podcast from Annegriet Wietsma (The Deventer Media Case) has been high in the charts for some time now. I had to get in: the story moves slowly, but…
Opinion | Short farewell – NRC
After sitting all night with my 94-year-old vomiting grandmother, the doctors tell me it’s bad news. We said goodbye with the whole family and exchanged beautiful last words. An endoscopy…
Opinion | Take a good look – NRC
During my holiday I walk in a peat area in Twente. A bird watcher sits down next to me on a bench and we start talking. I take my chance…