In 1855, a “poetic divo” burst onto the literary stage and changed the course of poetic expression. Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” is considered the beginning of modern poetry. Part […]
Monthly Archives: October 2000
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In this edition of our weekly arts programme, David Swatling speaks about the challenges of translating a poem from one language into another. Dutch is not a world language, and […]
Anne Blair Gould explains what Lyme disease is, what causes it, how it manifests itself and why it is so difficult to diagnose. We hear the story of two suffers […]
In this two-part special, Hélène Michaud visits Dutch doctors Hugo and Liesje Tempelman, who set up a desperately needed medical centre in a township in South Africa in 1994. Their […]
Martha Hawley looks at the growing intolerance in Egypt of people who deviate from the Islamic straight and narrow. The works of writers, film directors, scholars and social activists have […]
Mindy Ran tries to unravel the myths surrounding Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer (1526-1588). She was the daughter of an important Haarlem family, ran a shipyard, was involved in the defence of […]
Why, in a country of plenty, with a booming economy and a highly developed welfare system, are there homeless people in Holland? Jonathan Groubert goes onto the streets of major […]
In 1855, a “poetic divo” burst onto the literary stage and changed the course of poetic expression. Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” is considered the beginning of modern poetry. Part […]