Month: July 2021

Charles Baudelaire inspirator and early influencer

An example of and for Life ??  by Arnold Heumakers/nrc Amsterdam, July 29th 2021-- One of the most remarkable prose…

3 years ago

Maggie Nelson: Bluets

On Sex, sexual desires and more by Persis Bekkering/nrc Amsterdam, July 29th 2021--Twelve years ago Maggie Nelson wrote Bluets, something…

3 years ago

Bertrand Russell: His Philosophy

https://youtu.be/xL_sMXfzzyA From Mathematics to Philosophy Romney Wheeler interviews British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic Bertrand Russell at Russell's…

3 years ago

15 years on, mud continues to gush in East Java villages as residents reel from odour and heat

SIDOARJO, East Java: Indonesian Muanisah, who goes by one name, recalled the day when she held her 40-day-old baby in…

3 years ago

British art history

Grand mural projects by Jeremy Musson Amsterdam, 23 July 2021--In her book, Lydia Hamlett unpacks the literary, cultural and political…

3 years ago

Life as a “comfort woman”: the story of Kim Bok-Dong

https://youtu.be/qsT97ax_Xb0 Madame Kim passed away on January 28, 2019, making this interview possibly the last sessional interview of her 92…

3 years ago

Music making you drunk: Buena Vista Social Club

https://youtu.be/tGbRZ73NvlY The original Buena Vista Social Club album was recorded for World Circuit Records over six days at the vintage…

3 years ago

First-Time Gorilla Mom Can’t Stop Showering Newborn With Kisses

https://youtu.be/xnb1ekW1ViE Calaya is a first-time mother at the Smithsonian Zoo who couldn’t stop kissing her newborn right after she gave…

3 years ago

Agafia. Hermit Surviving in Russian Wilderness for 70 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK3DJ7Kn6s Soon after this film aired, Agafia found a helper who has now been living with her for more than…

3 years ago