Etiket: NRC
Crying for the cruelty – NRC
How unsafe it has become in Kiev (and the rest of Ukraine) is apparent from the arrival of Hans Jaap Melissen. Where many other journalists save their lives by leaving…
Help the catering industry – NRC
During the lockdown, my Amsterdam employer supported the help-de-catering initiative, where employees could transfer 30 euros to a catering institution. A nice gesture in those tough times! When everything reopened,…
War and Mercy – NRC
“Will we ever have war here again?” The first time our daughter asks me the question, she is five years old. It is May 4th and our street is turning…
Russia – NRC
It is almost 25 years ago, in Moscow, during the great ruble crisis of 1998. I had dinner with a business associate. Nice restaurant with good food and good wines.…
How war can end – NRC
If you want to keep a little cheerfulness in these warlike days, you should not browse too much in the work of historians who have become wise through the hard…
Mother – NRC
I’m on the roof terrace with a friend. We look out over the urban gardens. A woman screams from one of the houses. Three children dash into the garden and…
Musical generational struggle for climate transition – NRC
The opening song of The green girl, the new performance by youth theater maker Marije Gubbels, puts the audience on the wrong track. In an almost religious ecstasy, four characters…
Struggling with Web3 – NRC
At the turn of the century I plunged into social isolation. In the years before that I glued together children’s newspapers. My father – a journalist – distributed it on…
In the name of hate – NRC
Last week it was announced that Russian bombs damaged the Babi Jar memorial center in Kiev. “History repeats itself,” President Zelensky responded with the doggedness that has already made him…
Caught in the present – NRC
As a child I always read the end of books first. I sensed that wasn’t cool, but the thrill of not knowing was just too much for me. It wasn’t…