Finally, the 32nd Olympic Games 2020 can go ahead with a one-year delay in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8, 2021. Whether the athletes, the healthcare system, the officials, the Japanese people, and the sponsors are happy with the continuation of...
My oldest brother has Alzheimer's. When I called him recently, he didn't know who I was anymore. It's pretty tough when your brother doesn't recognize you. What exactly is Alzheimer's, where does the name come from, and is...
My top 3 world events of 2020 look like this: 1. Corona, and the resulting overload on medical care; 2. Terrorist attacks; and tied for third place: Brexit and Trump's US election saga. But er...
In 1969, a stamp was issued in Chad bearing the image of Gustav Nachtigal. Nachtigal (1834-85) was the son of a Lutheran minister from the city of Eichstedt in Saxony-Anhalt; he trained as a doctor and practiced for many years...
How many more press conferences from Prime Minister Rutte will follow? Is the message of the 'intelligent lockdown' getting through to our population of 17 million people? How are we coping at home in our spacious or cramped homes with the entire family? Is corona going to...
The world keeps turning even without DWDD. Alertness, solidarity, togetherness, and hope are the keywords of the King's speech. Every day, all newspapers, including their supplements, fill their corona news. Corona experts in the media provide on all kinds of...
By popular demand, here is the second blog post, as there is a lot of news to share regarding the corona crisis. Including the very first corona stamp from Iran, the virus going viral being the fault of humans and not animals, and...
There are more than 160.000 people infected and more than 6000 people worldwide who have died from the Coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease 2019 and is a contagious disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The disease emerged before the...
In 1980, stamp collectors all over the world were flooded with stamps warning against smoking tobacco. The images were often gruesome, with skulls being common, usually with a cigarette between the teeth. But also images with degraded...
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