Etiket: NRC
Rose-ringed parakeet as muse – NRC
‘Brutal, bright green bolts that bring color to the gray Dutch winter.’ This is how writer Rascha once described Peper NRC the ring-necked parakeets, which fly around in increasingly larger…
Opinion | Very sweet – NRC
I’m sleeping well, my husband strokes my cheek. “What is it?” I ask. “Am I snoring?” “No, you were sleeping so well,” he replies. Not anymore, but still sweet. A…
Opinion | Shuffling – NRC
As an expat in Switzerland you should not drill, mow the lawn, listen to music during Ruhezeit. Otherwise, a complaint will be made to the landlord. An elderly neighbor rings…
Column | Argentina – NRC
I went out for dinner with four friends, we once worked for the same magazine and have been seeing each other two to three times a year ever since, only…
Opinion | Self-portrait – NRC
The Mauritshuis is exhibiting ten masterpieces from New York’s Frick Collection. One of them is a self-portrait of Rembrandt, painted in 1658, two years after his bankruptcy. In the painting…
Opinion | Minced meat – NRC
My kitchen prince would cook that evening – not his hobby. I had given him a tip of a tasty and easy dish from a vegetarian Italian cookbook. When I…
What does NRC | The resistance fighters of that time are dragged into an identity discussion
This is the daily commentary from NRC. It contains opinions, interpretations and choices. They are written by a group of editors selected by the editor-in-chief. NRC shows where in the…
Column | Blender – NRC
During the last fifteen minutes of the Netherlands-USA there was a knock on the windows. One of Sinterklaas’s helpers, bad timing I thought, but I was the only one. A…
What does NRC | Defense must recruit people and not hide behind armed robots
This is the daily commentary from NRC. It contains opinions, interpretations and choices. They are written by a group of editors selected by the editor-in-chief. NRC shows where in the…
Opinion | Meatless – NRC
With husband and son I find myself in the local eatery. We eat vegetarian at home, but here there is very little meatless on the menu. I order a satay.…