Hans FaberAug 16, 202317 min readBarbarians riding to the Capital to claim rights on farmlandThis is not a blog post about the current agriculture and nitrogen debates between the government in Brussels and farmers in Flanders,...
Hans FaberSep 30, 202229 min readDon’t believe everything they say about sweet CuneraImagine. One day your husband brings home a young unmarried woman. A virgin even. He simply takes her into your house, openly shows...
Hans FaberApr 23, 20228 min readDissolute Elisabeth and Her DevilIn the Middle Age lived a once promiscuous girl named Elisabeth. She had come to repentance, found honorable employ as a maid, and had...
Hans FaberDec 10, 202115 min readPagare il fioPagare il fio is Italian for ‘paying the penalty’. More literally, it means ‘paying the fee’. It is an expression the Italian language...
Hans FaberApr 13, 202016 min readThe Batwing Doors of Northwest Europe“Is seaport Maasvlakte the gateway of north-western Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it Vlaardingen?...
Hans FaberFeb 16, 202010 min readAttingahem Bridge, NYBrooklyn. Named after the charming village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist...
Hans FaberJan 19, 201835 min readPorcupines bore U.S. bucksOn May 5th, 2018, it was exactly two centuries ago that Karl Marx was born. When in 1867 the good man published the first part of Das...
Frans RiemersmaJan 3, 20187 min readThe battles of Redbad, unpluggedKing Redbad died in 719. Some 1300 years later, as a tribute a movie about this Frisian king will hit the silver screen in the Dutch...
Frans RiemersmaDec 28, 201710 min readThe biography of Aldgisl, unpluggedEver heart of Aldgisl? Even if you did, you probably have a hard time separating fact from fiction. For a fact it is the first king of...
Hans FaberJul 2, 201743 min readTolkien pleaded in favour of King Finn. An immortalized royal tragedyAround the year 440 (Shippey 2022), a betrayal took place on the southern shores of the North Sea. It was a tragedy that the peoples in...