A programme looking at the writings of the Scottish writer James Boswell who spent nine months in Utrecht in 1763. Three historians talk about life in Holland during this […]
Monthly Archives: January 2006
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Reinier Sijpkens travels around the world, making magic and music for children and collecting their laughter. At home in the Netherlands, he haunts the canals of Amsterdam playing barrel organ, […]
Music historian John-Manuel Andriote explores the origins of music in the disco era, especially its roots in the American South, and how it became so popular so rapidly. Producer: David […]
Documentary on the love and fascination people feel about bridges. Producer: Thijs Westerbeek van Eerten Broadcast: January 6, 2006
This programme was made as part of the theme of “family”, a Radio Netherlands Worldwide focus in 2006. The concept of family has changed through the ages and is becoming […]
Music historian John-Manuel Andriote explores the importance of Disco in popular culture with films like Saturday Night Fever, however short-lived, and what led to its demise and eventual resurgence. Producer: […]