From King Crimson to Heaven 17, from Propaganda to Queen, from stage to screen, this week has immersed me in music from start to finish.
On the first Sunday of the month I write a Dutch blog post. This week I’m sharing my ‘traumatic’ childhood experiences on Saint Martin’s Day. // Afgelopen Halloween zag ik tientallen Londense kinderen vol in de schmink en gehuld in de meest creatieve kostuums de huizen langsgaan om te trick-or-treating. Dit deed me denken aan mijn eigen jeugd toen ik met Sint-Maarten langs de huizen ging om lekkernij op te halen, waarbij er spontaan allerlei herinneringen naar boven kwamen…
Reflections on… October 2018. Looking back, this month seemed to have revolved around charity and volunteering. But there were also several trips and of course plenty of films I need to recommend you to watch (or definitely not). Read the full article to discover what I’ve been up to this month!
You can learn a lot about other people’s personalities in everyday situations. When hubby and I found ourselves on a train the other day and asked someone to move from our reserved seats, the absurd reaction that followed left us completely baffled.
I was 16 years old when I went to my first rock concert. 23 years later I can look back at some incredible events and experiences. Some were quite hilarious or memorable in their own right. Today, in celebration of rocktober, I will be sharing some of my funniest and most memorable anecdotes of rock concerts and festivals with you.
Who doesn’t miss those days when you could still play with flashy toys that had all sorts of buttons you could push and turn, producing animal sounds and wild flickering lights without people staring at you? I’m returning to those childhood days this weekend as by the time you read this I’ll be happily twiddling some knobs, pressing colourful buttons and flicking switches in Barcelona. Exactly what, why and where, you find out in this article.
There are some exciting street art festivals happening in the next months all over Europe. Come see graffiti writers and street artists at work at these following events!
Reizen is nog nooit zo makkelijk en goedkoop geweest en we stappen steeds vaker op een vliegtuig. Maar wat doe je als je heimwee krijgt tijdens je vakantie? Het zal je met mijn talloze reizen per jaar – en oh ja, het feit dat ik naar het buitenland ben geëmigreerd – misschien verbazen, maar vroeger had ik heel erge last van heimwee. Vandaag deel ik hier met je mijn ervaringen met heimwee als een kind en hoe ik als expat en vooral Brexit hier toch weer een beetje last van heb.
Reflections on… September 2018. This month I stood face-to-face with ancient terracotta warriors and travelled from sun-soaked Barcelona to tempestuous Liverpool. And there was more, but you’ll have to read the full article to discover all of this!
Could you imagine watching a 24-hour long film without a main plot and with clocks as its main protagonists? Although this principle might sound like it could be a tedious ordeal, Christian Marclay’s impressive video collage ‘The Clock’ consisting of about 12,000 film and television clips actually makes for an unforgettable experience. This special video work opened at Tate Modern on Friday 14 September and I went to see it yesterday morning, spending four hours in Christian Marclay’s carefully curated cinematic world.
On the first Sunday of the month I write my monthly Dutch blog post, part of the series ‘The Dutch Girl Tales’. // Het is de eerste zondag van de maand, dús weer tijd voor een nieuwe aflevering van mijn Nederlandstalig blogserie ‘The Dutch Girl Tales’. Vandaag vertel ik je meer over mijn zeer enerverende augustus waarin ik o.a. deel uitmaakte van een fototentoonstelling in een prominente Londense kunstgalerij, een Instagram-sensatie werd, een citytrip naar Antwerpen maakte en veel taart at.
From 28 till 30 July 2018 the city of Bristol was largely covered in scaffolding allowing street artists and graffiti writers from all over the world to create stunning artworks for the 10th edition of Upfest, Europe’s largest street art and graffiti festival. It was an extremely difficult process but here are a few of my personal highlights of Upfest 2018!
In today’s post I’m sharing three inspiring photography exhibitions that are currently on in London. Showing anything from London’s pre-skyscraper-filled skyline to cinematic Technicolor photos, these shows left a big impression on me.
Film Review: ‘Under the Tree’ – The Bloody Tragedy of a Large Tree and Missing Pets
A large tree causing a neighbour conflict, a catastrophic sex video, chainsaws, missing pets and one of the slowest car chases in recent film history: the new dark Icelandic suburban satire ‘Under the Tree’ might start off as a comedy, but soon develops into a bloody Jacobean tragedy with events that will both make you laugh and cringe in your seat.
Als je alleen maar voor een weekendje naar Londen komt, dan heb je vast geen behoefte om op zoek te gaan naar typisch Nederlandse dingen. Expats zoals ik daarentegen smachten regelmatig opeens naar drop, goede pindakaas of Indonesisch eten. Ben je dus een Nederlandse expat of vind je het leuk om tijdens je citytrip te zien hoe een Nederlandse kroeg in Londen eruitziet? Lees dan mijn volgende tips voor (bijna-)Nederlandse hotspots in Londen!
On 1 and 2 August I will be part of a group exhibition of photos taken on the new Samsung S9 mobile phones. Since not all my friends and online followers will be able to attend the show, I’ve been asked by them to share some of my photos online. Because your wish is my command, here are some of my photos!
