“A Talent to amuse” is a Radio Netherlands’ tribute to veteran international broadcaster, Pete Myers, who passed away in December 1998. He was just 59. Pete started his career as […]
Yearly Archives: 1998
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After a shocking case of serial sexual abuse by a high school teacher, Dutch educators struggle to find more effective ways to detect and put a stop to sexual misconduct. […]
25 years ago, a group of idealists squatted an entire Dutch village and created a utopian art colony and unique nature reserve: Ruigoord. It’s all over now. With plans to […]
Mindy Ran goes in search of women painters from the 17th century who were equally good as their male counterparts. She speaks with the curator of the Frans Hals Museum […]
Martha Hawley visits the Mexican state of Oaxaca where music in all its forms is everywhere. It has a long tradition in the many cultures represented throughout the state. Producer: […]
David Swatling visits the 11th International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. Its “gay” programme featured several impressive films. David meets the maker of “You can’t go home again”, a study […]
To celebrate Israel’s 50 years existence, Dheera Sujan speaks with one of its most celebrated sons: the writer Amos Oz (1939-2018). Novelist, political pundit, sex symbol, kibbutznik, warrior and peace […]
“The Last Kaiser”, the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grandson of Queen Victoria and emperor of the German Reich from 1888 until 1918. Wilhelm fled to the Netherlands in the […]