Dykes, ditches, windmills, villas and geometric fields – these are some of the features of the Dutch landscape. They reflect Holland’s struggle against the water, the wealth of the Golden […]
Monthly Archives: October 1998
11 posts
Around the world, women are postponing motherhood, usually in order to take time to study and start their careers. When this programme was made, Dutch women were on average 29 […]
David Swatling meets American solo-artist Frank Sheppard who, among other things, performed a one-man Othello, juxtaposing Shakespeare’s tragic Moor with OJ Simpson in Holland. David also talks to British actor-storyteller […]
David Swatling presents a portrait of South African writer, performer and satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, based on his four visits to the Netherlands: in 1988, 1991, 1994 and 1998. During each […]
Mindy Ran indulges her love of cats: cats as gods in ancient times, cats and religion/superstition, cats and literature from Hamlet, T.S. Elliot, Alice In Wonderland and Dr. Seuss. Producer: […]
David Swatling meets John Irving in Amsterdam. They discuss the storyline of Irving’s latest book, “A Widow for One Year” (set in Amsterdam), his love of Amsterdam, and we hear […]
The Research File visits the BPRC in Rijswijk. At the centre, there are 1500 apes and monkeys, which are used to test new vaccines for malaria and AIDS. Some say […]
In 1980, skirmishes between El Salvador’s government and the Farabundi Martí Liberation Front (FMLN) descended into full-scale civil war. During the ensuing 12 years of fighting, 75,000 people were killed […]