Where ever Chedwa Polak appears she leaves an impression that will stay on your retina for a long time. And now this artistic Jumping Jane has found a way of putting you in the spotlights as well.
Sunday, November 4th 2012, La Polak herself hosts a ‘dancing fashion show’ at department store the Bijenkorf in Amstelveen city centre. In one word just absolutely fabulous alrea...
celebrating female diversity...
Mirjam van der Hoek is a Dutch photo journalist. One day she was hit by the appearance of an advertisement selling ‘Vagina Corrections’. “There must be something wrong then with my vagina”, she thought. Instantly followed by: “No way, this is madness!”
Although there can be grounded medical and/or psychological reasons ...
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There's this persistant myth about Dom Pérignon, known to us all as The Inventor of Champagne. And that's just it, he wasn't! This big, jolly and blind Monk was in fact not even blind and he struggled his whole live trying to avoid the fizz presenting itself in his wines. He was quite unhappy with it.
There are some indications that the English invented sparkling wine or...
Jan van Speyk, born in 1802, became an orphan at a very young age and was brought up in the Amsterdam City Orphanage. Although Jan Carel was a tailors apprentice first, he was drawn to the sea. Through self-study he managed to better himself and was appointed a mates apprentice in 1820.
In 1830 he was appointed commander of the HMS Gunboat nr 2. During the Belgian Revolution his ship was p...