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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere discusses whatever moves or triggers him in and about the Low Countries, where he lives, resides and works.
Which image or object would you choose to capture the Low Countries?
This year, the Month of Philosophy in Belgium and the Netherlands is dedicated to the concept of truth.
According to editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere, literature does not provide knowledge, let alone truth. Still, literature can make people better.
Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere reread Natalia Ginzburg’s classic ‘The Little Virtues’ and muses on the life lessons that the Italian writer taught us.
Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere takes the start of the Multatuli year as an opportunity to explore the author’s legacy.
Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere honours the artist who loved to play around with belgitude.
Just going by today’s headlines, the end of Western democracy seems imminent. However, is a crisis not the essence of a democracy?
Where once there was a checkpoint in France, the slogan 'Let us be ungovernable' can be read along the border. Luc Devoldere wonders what the graffiti artists mean by this.
Milo Rau and his theater company NTGent adapted the Greek tragedy The Oresteia. Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere left the performance with mixed feelings.
Reflecting on Leonardo da Vinci’s death, 500 years ago, Luc Devoldere makes a few comments on the notion of the uomo universale.
What are those Low Countries actually that we are always talking about? Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere explains.
Works of art along the motorway: the cross of Fabre, chaos and a cyclops.
