Louise Williams covers the controversy surrounding Italy’s wonderful cultural heritage, at least what’s left of it because sadly, Italy’s art treasures have been badly neglected. Louise talks to the Italian […]
Monthly Archives: February 1998
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The VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie) or Dutch East India Company was the world’s first multinational commercial empire. For nearly two hundred years, from the time it was established in 1602 […]
The VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie) or Dutch East India Company was the world’s first multinational commercial empire. For nearly two hundred years, from the time it was established in 1602 […]
Siren Song meets Lulu Wang, the Chinese author of the Lilly Theatre (and later of other books), a fictionalised account of her experiences in China’s cultural revolution. It was an […]
Eight years ago, the Berlin Wall fell, and one by one the Communist regimes in the former East Bloc collapsed. Freedom was initially welcomed, but it has come at a […]
The final part of a three-part co-production looking at aspects of national cuisine and the customs associated with serving and receiving food in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands. Part Three: […]
It’s estimated that up to 15,000 children, mostly boys, actively took part in Liberia’s 7-year civil war. That’s about 15% of the total number of fighters. Children were amongst the […]
The second of a three-part co-production looking at aspects of national cuisine and the customs associated with serving and receiving food in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands. The potato and […]