The Cuban Missile Crisis was the state of an impending nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962, resulting from the escalation of their conflict over Cuba. The island was, after a seven-year guerrilla war in...
The National Maritime Museum presents a major exhibition on father and son Willem van de Velde, two leading marine painters of the seventeenth century, each with their own specialty: pen painting and oil painting. On view until May 8, 2022. A must-see...
In barely three months, no fewer than 50.000 visitors visited the exhibition Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: A Love Revolution at the Cobra Museum Amstelveen. The exhibition is on view until October 3, 2021. From October 8, 2021 to...
The St Matthew Passion is the favorite composition during Passiontide, especially in the Netherlands. This composition is by the world-renowned composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). Jos van Veldhoven conducts Bach's masterpiece for the last time this year as artistic director of...
Okay, it doesn’t yet exist. But had the Nicaraguan Post not made a mistake in issuing a certain stamp, it may well have been in place for a hundred years! Although building is due to start shortly on a new...
A very careless mistake was made with the stamps issued on August 5 to commemorate the redevelopment of the Suez Canal. An image of the Panama Canal was used on the stamps. Once known, the Egyptian postal service has a...
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