Etiket: NRC
A silver clock – NRC
A pocket watch is a small time machine. Such a timepiece has recently surfaced, after being hidden in the wooden casing of a tail clock for nearly eighty years. In…
When a woman disappears – NRC
The podcast The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan is about a Jordanian-Canadian woman who disappeared without a trace in 2006. True crime is a popular genre and there’s a lot of…
Brutal jailers, vulnerable prisoners – NRC
Sometimes pepper spray is the way to restrain someone, says psychiatrist Pablo Stewart. „But usually a prisoner who out of control something completely different is needed: psychological help.” The fourth…
What does NRC think | Fewer taboos after Fortuyn, but also much tougher political debate
A country where you can cycle to work as a politician: in 1997, the Netherlands wanted to radiate that. Prime Minister Wim Kok stepped on the pedals in front of…
What does NRC think | ‘Open Government’ is a beautiful dream that must come true
Hooray, the Open Government Initiative Act (WOO) is finally in effect this month! Exactly ten years after the Council of State advised just to call off the whole operation. No…
Opinion | Samson – NRC
On a sunny Wednesday afternoon I take my mother for a walk with our dog, who bears a great resemblance to the furry gray and white dog from the Belgian-Dutch…
You eat soup together – NRC
Nadia Zerouali didn’t have to think twice when she was asked to develop the recipe for the Freedom Soup this year. Die Vrijheidssoup is an initiative of sausage maker Samuel…
Opinion | Hunger winter – NRC
I (almost 50) go with my father (almost 80) to the farmer’s wife (just 100) on whose farm my father stayed during the Hunger Winter. My father and I are…
What does NRC think | Food scarcity requires a global approach
The butterfly and the storm: Last week Indonesia announced a temporary ban on palm oil exports. The cause is about ten thousand kilometers away, in Ukraine. There, the export of…
Opinion | Emotional – NRC
Like many other men, I sometimes doubt my masculinity. Am I not too emotional? Am I muscular enough? Do I love football enough? But then I think: I don’t care.…