No family has closer ties to the Dutch nation or played a greater role in the history of the Netherlands than the House of Orange. The country’s “founding […]
Monthly Archives: January 2002
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In the run-up to the wedding of Prince Willem-Alexander and Máxima, René Appel on Máxima’s proficiency in Dutch, Argentinian photographer Marcelo Bodsky’s exhibition illustrating crimes the Videla regime committed and […]
Dheera Sujan looks at domestic violence in the Netherlands. Official figures show that 43% of the Dutch population has at some time been the victim of either physical, sexual or […]
Some say it is a call for change. But which change? All critics seem to agree that Holland can’t sustain its position as a major food exporter. Animal welfare must […]
In Nigeria, homosexuality not only is a taboo, it is illegal. In the north of the country, the maximum punishment is death by stoning. In southern Nigeria, people convicted of […]
Why is it that adults have such a tough time learning a new foreign language, while children and even babies put the rest of us to shame and learn fluency […]
In this programme, we look at three tales of witch hunting: McCarthyism – the wave of political witch hunts in 1950’s America. We hear about the persecution of those accused […]
This is the second of two programmes about the Silk Road Project, initiated by acclaimed cellist Yo Yo Ma, which brings together music and musicians from around the world in […]