From an eerily silent apocalyptic sci-fi to a thriller that feels like a Shakespearean tragedy, from new insights into Viking culture to an African American police officer who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan: find out my Top 10 Films and Series of 2018 and what other 208 (!) films and series I’ve seen this year so far!
Author: Dutch Girl in London
Still thinking of that perfect Christmas present to buy? Let me inspire you with these special cultural Christmas gift ideas, all offering numerous cultural delights a whole year long!
Street art has always been a main subject on ‘Dutch Girl in London’. Through my blog I’ve met some many great fellow bloggers and in today’s blog post I want to highlight 3 street art bloggers you should follow!
In today’s episode of my monthly Dutch-language blog post I’m writing about my Brexit anxiety, which is definitely ‘a thing’. // Ik krijg sinds het Referendum vragen van familie en vrienden in Nederland waaruit blijkt dat ze niet echt op de hoogte zijn van wat Brexit nu eigenlijk inhoudt. Of wat voor emotionele implicaties Brexit kan hebben op het individu. En op mij. Om een aantal van deze aannames en vragen weg te nemen, wijd ik dan eindelijk een bericht over Brexit op mijn blog.
It is the last Sunday of the month, so time to catch up with you again. What have I been up to this month? Find out in Reflections #3 as I look back on the month of November.
There are countless secret London landmarks. No matter where you are there’s history above and beneath your feet. You often walk past them without even knowing. Public executions, London’s oldest church, creepy skulls and bone flavoured water. What more could you want from a city?
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.
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 door 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.
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.
