Etiket: NRC
NRC journalists win De Loep for book about Booking.com
NRC-journalists Merijn Rengers, Stijn Bronzwaer and Joris Kooiman have won the journalistic prize De Loep for their book The machine about Booking.com in the category of signaling investigative journalism. The…
Images as shadow shapes – NRC
When I was little I occasionally went with my parents to visit relatives in Bergen, and what helps me from those visits was mainly the garden. Ours was like all…
What does NRC think | Making coal-fired power plants run faster again seems inevitable
It is wise for the cabinet to do everything possible to guarantee the gas supply for next winter, and not wait until it is too late. You can’t imagine that,…
Opinion | Thirst – NRC
A 52-year-old man comes to my office with symptoms consistent with type 2 diabetes mellitus. I say that the blood results indicate diabetes. “Oh, luckily, no illness,” he says. I…
Opinion | Official – NRC
About twenty years ago, a linguistics seminar at Leiden University discussed language changes and when they are accepted. On my suggestion that a criterion of its occurrence in NRC could…
Opinion | Coke – NRC
A beautiful summer evening in Zwolle. Sit comfortably with a friend on a terrace. The waitress comes by. Smiles gently, ready to efficiently type our order into her digital device.…
Column | Pussy’s – NRC
The use of the word “pussy” as a swear word is back. I think I last heard it in the 1990s. It must have been the Korenmarkt in Arnhem, a…
Opinion | Seniors – NRC
I’m sitting on a patio with my grandson’s new skateboard. “So, sir, soon home on your new skateboard?” asks the waiter. The happy girl who brings my order: “Happy with…
Extra places for asylum seekers – NRC
In the coming days, about three hundred asylum seekers will be transferred from the overcrowded reception center in Ter Apel to new reception centers in other municipalities. State Secretary Eric…
Opinion | Pole dancer – NRC
I played with my band at a party. The audience was 60, often 70 plus. That fits perfectly because our music is very similar to the music of the early…