Blogs and columns

• Oostvaardersplassen

  
  Organisation - 24 June 2010 00:00 - The animals are grazing serenely a hundred metres away. For the time being, I can take my mind off the discussion which will rear up again this...  0

• Bicycle wreck

  
  Student - 09 June 2010 00:00 - My bicycle is my most pathetic piece of property. 'If you're lucky, it will easily last another year', the salesman says. That's sales talk, I...  0

• Sjaele zeiver

  Organisation - 09 June 2010 00:00 - Cross-eyed and drooling, going on endlessly about nothing at all. Sjaele zeiver, plain gibberish.  0

• Concrete

  Organisation - 26 May 2010 00:00 - 'Nothing is concrete yet', the strategically positioned loudspeakers relay the message.  0

• Long hair creature

  Student - 26 May 2010 00:00 - Henk is not very popular with many of my friends. Henk, a big, broad-shouldered schoolmate with a low penetrating voice.  0

• Secrets

  
  Student - 17 May 2010 00:00 - 'I beg your pardon?' I asked, failing to comprehend. Stammers come back from the other end of the line. The person to whom I am talking is clearly...  0

• Botanic garden

  
  Organisation - 12 May 2010 00:00 - 'Wageningen University and Research Centre has closed down the tropical greenhouse last year and given up on the scientific management of two botanic...  0

• Smoke fumes

  Student - 28 April 2010 00:00 - My first reaction is not one of alarm. I was mainly caught by surprise at the thick fumes in the nature reserve I go to almost every weekend. I see...  0

• Megasheds

  Organisation - 28 April 2010 00:00 - Some time ago, my twelve-year-old daughter wrote a letter to the minister Gerda Verburg in which she asked if pigs could have a good life in pig flats...  0

• Frank's construction company

  Student - 14 April 2010 00:00 - I wrote a column about Frank Simons last year. In fact, Frank is just a pseudonym. I had to make the name up because the real person wanted to stay...  0