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War criminals of yesteryear, part 1
Ten years ago Serbian warlord Reljko ‘Arkan’ Raznatovic was shot dead in the lobby of a Belgrade hotel. He was a gangster. He was a nationalist. He was the Mr Clean of ethnic cleansing. I wrote about...
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Allain de Botton visits the artificial residental island of IJburg outside Amsterdam.
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Rocket to Russia
We just returned from a profound week in Moscow reinvigorating our Yuri Gagarin project. We met some profound cosmonauts, space psychs, arctic survivalists and regular good...
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San Francisco Panorama
Yesterday I bought a Sunday paper that should last me quite a few Sundays. It’s the one-off San Francisco Panorama brought to you by the always inspired folks behind McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. It’s...
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400 Years of Newspapers
Pretty amazing. Via the Royal Dutch Library one can now search, or just browse through, the most important newspapers in the Netherlands between 1618 and 1995, including ones from the...
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Unfold Amsterdam hits the streets
Unfold Amsterdam has officially hit the streets. Every two weeks, Amsterdammers will be able to pick up this free English-language poster/mag highlighting the work of local artists/designers and...
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CODE’s ‘2012 Survival Kit’
Recently I acted as managing editor for the fall/winter issue of a fashion magazine. Yes, I entered the world of style. [I’ll pause for effect...] Of course this gig should come as no surprise to those...
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CODE’s ‘edit and reconstruct’ issue
The spring/summer 2012 issue of CODE magazine has been out for a while. Besides managing as managing editor, I wrote a travel feature about grey – but mighty and magical – Kaliningrad. This...
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How to be a dictator and sell cola at the same time
DUF is a Dutch-language book-magazine for 12- to 18-year-olds. It’s a ‘cluster bomb’ of text and visuals. Edition three is out now and acts as a primer in navigating our world’s media insanity. Buy it....
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Romancing the Thread: the Story of Dyneema®
I was asked to write the story of Dyneema®. As world’s strongest, lightest fiber, this plastic works to stop bullets, moor oil rigs and repair human joints. It’s also been behind some of the more...
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