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Two headlines in the Flemish papers caught my attention this morning. You can bet that they will be quickly brushed over in the coming days by government censorship of the media in Flanders, so I wanted to write about them before that happens. The first is that one in four Belgian seniors lives under the [...]

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From Halloween until New Years day, I will be doing everything possible to raise my usually optimistic spirits. The combination of the colder, shorter days and four major holidays and the otherwise ignorable unfriendly nature of the Antwerp natives requires a constant IV [...]

Guy Peellaert’s work shows a great fascination with American Pop culture from Las Vegas to Rock and Roll. His iconic album covers for some of the biggest stars in music and his comic book artwork have secured him a place in history as a creator of the aesthetic of a generation. He had solo exhibitions [...]

As I was comparing the differences in online newspapers for the Gazet Van Antwerpen and the LA TIMES (why on earth  would I do that, I hear you sigh…) I noticed this ominous picture of smoke over the ocean and the article below which perfectly illustrates how the US handles crime compared to Belgium.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-looters17-2008nov17,0,155217.story
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