
Laila Lalami makes history come to life for us in this utterly compelling insider’s account of a 1527 conquistador expedition.
January 17th, 2016 | by Maarten | published in Engelse literatuur, English texts, FOCUS, geschiedenis | Comments Off on The Moor’s Account
December 29th, 2015 | by Maarten | published in Engelse literatuur, English texts, FOCUS | Comments Off on The Uncommon Reader
December 25th, 2015 | by Maarten | published in English texts, FOCUS, geschiedenis, muziek | Comments Off on Stephen Fry’s Classical Music
September 27th, 2014 | by Janantoon | published in Engelse literatuur, English texts, FOCUS | Comments Off on Vladimir Nabokov and Sebastian Knight
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight was Nabokov’s first novel in English. He wrote it in Paris, in late 1938 and early 1939, while in the meantime making efforts towards moving to an English-speaking country. At that stage he thought of moving to England, which may in some part account for the setting of Sebastian […]
September 26th, 2014 | by Janantoon | published in English texts, film, FOCUS | Comments Off on following the ninth
September 14th, 2014 | by Maarten | published in economie, English texts, FOCUS, geschiedenis | Comments Off on Interest in finance
August 22nd, 2014 | by Janantoon | published in English texts, mensenrechten, politiek | 1 Comment »
Desmond Tutu published a special plea in the Israeli daily Haaretz. I quote the text here, because it is so important that people with influence and weight speak out. My plea to the people of Israel: Liberate yourselves by liberating Palestine The past weeks have witnessed unprecedented action by members of civil society across the […]
August 6th, 2014 | by Maarten | published in andere literatuur, English texts | Comments Off on A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: Soap Drama
July 9th, 2014 | by Maarten | published in English texts, FOCUS, miscellanea | Comments Off on Scrupulous writer