
English life and culture through the eyes of two Dutch journalists. Patrick van IJzendoorn en Joost van Mierlo are correspondents for Dutch media, living in the UK. This is the English translation of their substack, De Stijve Bovenlip.
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On this day, exactly three hundred years ago, Jonathan Swift’s book Guliver’s Travels was published. It is one of those books that are timeless. It was a satire, in which Swift made fun of the society of the time. But it offers an insight i...
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The church of the village of Sompting has something miraculous. That really only has to do with the church tower. It is as if a modern architect has started fiddling with the medieval construction. That is not the case, by the way. The towe...
It was mid-afternoon as I wandered through a drizzly London. It was too early for a pub, but I had half an hour before my next appointment and walking in the rain is something I think only apprpriate for the weekend. I walked past a church...
The Anglepoise Lamp is almost a hundred years old, but still popular. The flexible lamp can illuminate almost any desired place on a not too large desk. The design is simple and therefore powerful.
A quick look at Google shows that origina...
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Patrick van IJzendoorn en Joost van Mierlo zijn correspondenten voor Nederlandse media in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. In deze blog schrijven ze opmerkelijke verhalen die voorbijgaan aan de waan van de dag, maar desondanks meer dan de moeite waard zijn.
Patrick van IJzendoorn is correspondent voor de Volkskrant in Londen
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