Léon Le Fou
EN – Not so far from my house a statue honours a fool – or maybe a hero, you might want to discuss that. This is what happened. On […]
Capital and Countryside (2)
EN – Three days after the ceremony in Brussels (see previous post), the renewed ‘Museum at the Yser’ opened its doors too. The stout YserTower, rising a good 80 meters […]
Capital and Countryside (1)
EN – If ever the Belgian nation is tangible somewhere, it must be at the CinquantenairePark in Brussels. The imposing buildings still breathe the ambition of the young Belgian state. […]
Surfacing
EN – Innumerable people and organizations in Flanders have been preparing for the Centenary and for the many guests that are expected to be visiting. At Visit Flanders we […]
70 Years of Peace
EN – Last Friday the statement popped up once again during dinner with some friends. Surely, since World Wars I and II, we in Europe have come a long way. […]
Visuals
EN – While we were quick in finding our slogan (Flanders Fields. A place to remember), it proved complicated to create the visual to go with it. We started out […]
Siegfried Lines
I stood with the Dead, so forsaken and still: When dawn was grey, I stood with the Dead. And my slow heart said: “you must kill, you must kill: Soldier, […]
A War Veteran Talks
EN – “Look at me closely. I’m not what I once was. For centuries I had my place a stone’s throw from here, in the Cloth Hall of Leuven at […]
PAX
EN – On the doorstep of 2014, the first year of the WW 1 Centenary… what else but peace could I wish for every one of you? I made this […]
Aspirin
EN – Hospital chinaware bearing a red cross, a superbly crafted syringe, a box of aspirin of a century old. Vintage for medics…! I’m at the ‘War and Trauma. Soldiers […]
my great war / mijn groote oorlog 