Have you read my blog 'Art Booklet: 'Pop Art''? Marilyn Monroe was mentioned there too. In the 1950s and 1960s, Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was just about the most desired woman on earth. She made a career as a fashion model...
Easter Sunday and Easter Monday will be celebrated this year on Sunday, April 5 and Monday, April 6, 2026. At Easter, Christians commemorate Jesus' resurrection from the dead, after he had died on the cross two days earlier. Easter falls annually between 22...
Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university has seven faculties (six in Leiden and one in The Hague), with 33.701 students enrolled in 2025. The university boasts a wealth of Nobel Prize winners, namely...
In 2024, it will be 150 years since Claude Monet's *Impression, soleil levant* (1872, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris) prompted a critic to write disparagingly about 'The exhibition of the Impressionists'. With this, an important art-historical event took place: 'the...
From December 21, 2024, to January 5, 2025, the Great Christmas Circus The Hague returns to the Malieveld. Under the title 'Everything in Wonderland', a fairytale spectacle full of spectacular acts unfolds. Have you already bought tickets for...
Exclusively and temporarily at H'ART Museum, one of the grand masters of modern art: Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). You know him from his abstract paintings full of organic and hybrid forms, but did you know that this pioneer started out as a figurative painter? Go...
2024 is the Year of the House Sparrow. Every year, Sovon and Vogelbescherming select a bird species that could use some extra attention. The house sparrow is one of the best-known and most numerous birds in our country. Because they always...
The major Vermeer exhibition was held from 10 February to 4 June 2023. More than 650.000 people saw the Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. This makes it the best-attended exhibition ever at the Amsterdam museum. From...
Friends of mine visited the very beautiful exhibition 'The Century of Juliana' at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam from October 15, 2022, to April 10, 2023. The baby boomer generation (born in the period 1941 -...
This blog is about the checkered flag, or rather the hegemony of Max Verstappen, who achieved 15 victories in 2022. So, Max has seen the checkered flag at the finish line 15 times. How is the black-white...
In 2022, Wimbledon celebrates the 100th anniversary of Centre Court. But hasn't Wimbledon been around for more than 100 years? And what about the players' white attire? And the strawberry cake? And the royal interest? Why...
The Varend Corso Westland is an annual event in the Dutch region of Westland, where boats decorated with vegetables, beautiful flowers, and plants sail across the water through the centers of Westland, Midden-Delfland, Delft, Rijswijk, The Hague, Vlaardingen, and...
PostNL reads this blog very regularly and also reads the critical notes from the bloggers and the responses from collectors. For a number of years, PostNL's issuing program has been impossible to follow. Multiple international and national events do not lead to...
In 2020, we were ready for the 35th Formula 1 in Zandvoort starring Max Verstappen. Unfortunately, corona threw the plans into disarray and the race is being held a year later. It could have been so beautiful:...
Easter Sunday and Easter Monday will be celebrated this year on Sunday, April 4 and Monday, April 5, 2021. At Easter, Christians commemorate Jesus' resurrection from the dead, after he had died on the cross two days earlier. Easter falls annually between 22...
The weather is becoming increasingly sunny, and many people are seeking out outdoor sports now that gyms are closed. In the month of April, we have a multitude of sports: Formula 1, tennis, cycling (spring classics), gymnastics, curling, and chess. Do you have these themes...
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