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Hans Faber
Aug 16, 2023
17 min read
Barbarians riding to the Capital to claim rights on farmland
This is not a blog post about the current agriculture and nitrogen debates between the government in Brussels and farmers in Flanders,...
Hans Faber
Nov 21, 2020
13 min read
The Killing Fields – of the Celts
About 2,000 years ago, a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-year-old girl, who had suffered from scoliosis during her young life, was killed....
Hans Faber
Apr 13, 2020
17 min read
The Batwing Doors of north-western Europe
“Is seaport Maasvlakte the gateway of the north-west of Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it the town...
Hans Faber
Aug 22, 2017
8 min read
Celtic-Frisian heritage – there's no dealing with Wheels of Fortune
Exactly a year ago Hans van der Togt, a former Dutch television presenter of the game show Wheel of Fortune, told in the talk show Pauw abou
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