'I died in hell - (They called it Passchendaele)' The Great War 1914-1918 -- On being asked for a war poem / Luc Devoldere -- The Flanders poppy as Lieu de Memoire / Nicholas J. Saunders -- Commemoration in stone and in silence The Menin Gate and the Las Post Ceremony as Lieu de Memoire / Dominiek Dendooven -- They went with songs to battle Songs as Lieux de Memoire of the Great War / Georgina Boyes -- In Flanders fields The Landscape of War as Lieu de Memoire / Piet Chietens -- Violence and legitimacy Occupied Belgium 1914-1918 / Sophie de Schaepdrijver -- Belgian refugees in Britain 1914-1919 / Christophe Dectercq -- An extract from Across the Channel / Annelies Beck -- The Belgian-Dutch border during the First World War A Second Belgian Front? / Alex Vanneste -- Belgium's finest hour? King Albert and Queen Elisabeth in Wartime / Luc Vandeweyer -- The Great War that largely passed us by in the Netherlands / M. C. Brands -- Three questions that do not go away The Netherlands and the Shoah / Maarten Asscher -- Bodybuilders in Haarlem Startling Aspects of Cornelis van Haarlem's Art / Ilja Veldman -- Writing is gilding The Monumental Oeuvre of A.F.Th. van der Heijden / Arnold Heumakers -- The lost highway Journey along the Kortrijksesteenweg / Derek Blyth -- Misanthropes, boring assholes and amoral winners The Literary Work of Herman Koch / Jeroen Vullings -- Thanksgiving came via Leiden The Influence of Holland on the Pilgrim Fathers / Dirk Vandenberghe -- Directors of characters The Sculptures of Folkert de Jong / David Stroband -- The highs and lows of Hendrik Conscience / Theo Hermans -- The decline of the Belgium car industry / Ewald Pironet -- d = f (a-s) Wim Crouwel, a Timeless 20th Century Designer / Geert Setola -- Flemish film beyond the borders of Flanders? / Erik Martens -- Futile scribbles in the margins of history The Literary Work of F. Springer / Ad Zuiderent -- The sculptures of Oscar Jespers in an international context From Wieske Baseleer to Little Leda / Jose Boyens -- Nijmegen revived From Roman Settlement to Havana on the Waal / Daan Cartens -- All said before Menno Wigman's Ennui / Piet Gerbrandy -- Over exposure The Art of Erik van Lieshout / Frank van der Ploeg -- Population shrinkage in the Netherlands From a Cold to a Warm Approach / Gert-Jan Hospers -- Hand ballet and reflection On the Work of Karel Dierickx / Stefan Hertmans -- The everyday is good The Novels of Koen Peeters / Tomas Vanheste --

The difference between language and dialect in the Netherlands and Flanders / Marc van Oostendorp

FILM AND THEATRE

The golden key to happiness Alex van Warmerdam's 'Borgman' / Karin Wolfs

Purveyors to the court of modern variety The Ashton Brothers / Jos Nijhof

HISTORY

Kaiser turned woodcutter Huis Doorn, Home of the Exiled Wilhelm II (1920-1941) / Luc Devoldere

The American dream in Antwerp The Red Star Line Museum / Ed Kiekowski & Libby Kiekowski

The Gazette van Detroit celebrates its 100th anniversary / Jeroen van Cauwelaert

Pinkster in New York / Jeroen Dewulf

LANGUAGE

A biography of the Dutch language / Roel Vismans

LITERATURE

Cees Nooteboom as nomadic writer / Paul Vincent

A poet in love with words Lucebert Translated into English / Mischa Andriessen

MUSIC

Minimalist grandeur The Paradoxical Pop Music of Balthazar / Pieter Coupe

Caro Emerald gladdens our hearts A Diva Without the Whims / Lutgard Mutsaers

POLITICS

The power of the 'intermediate sphere' The Passage to Europe / Hendrik Vos

From Plato to the European Union The Road to Democracy / Kris Deschouwer

SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

More radical than Spinoza Adriaan Koerbagh (1633-1669) / Bart Leeuwenburgh

Marc van Montague, winner of the World Food Prize / Dirk van Delft

SOCIETY

A Cassandra in the city Joris Luyendijk / Bart Eeckhout

VISUAL ARTS

The 'Commedia dell'Arte' of Peter Vos / Paul Depondt

Contributors

Translators

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