"Honoured to be blah blah" alert: I really AM chuffed to be chairing a discussion between author of the brilliant book about Indonesia Revolusi, David Van Reybrouck, and translator David Colmer. British Libarary, Oct 7. seetickets.com/event/revolusi…

COMING SOON! We're excited to welcome award-winning historian David Van Reybrouck translator David Colmer and Elizabeth Pisani to explore the 1949 revolution in Indonesia, overthrowing Dutch rule and sparking decolonization across the world.. Tickets here: …hlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com/event/revolusi…

Lovely event today with Jente Posthuma and Fien Veldman WigtownBookFestival and great to see new readers for their books Scribe UK Head of Zeus #newdutchwriting

It’s the Week of the Dutch Language and I’m Dutch Centre London⁩. There’s a full house for Gaston Dorren who will talk about how European languages are linked through history.

It’s tonight! See you there!

This is going to be a great event. Tickets are free, but you’ll need to register on …hlibraryculturalevents.seetickets.com.

Devastating. No more Arabic/Islamic studies, taught in Leiden for 400 yrs! Turkish, African Studies, Latin American studies, Religious studies are all set to go or downgraded. German, Italian, French to be merged into European Studies if these plans go ahead. Barbaric vandalism! x.com/georgykantor/s…

It’s here!!! Medieval Women: In Their Own Words is open!

Happy Birthday Bodleian!

I love these pointy fingers, or manicules (No spell check!! NOT manicures!😂). They seem to be pointing the finger at each other.

Save the date for another great event organised by colleagues from BL European on 27/01/2025@@britishlibrary. For more info and Bookings’s go to bit.ly/41COnp2

My last blog post of the year, folks. Happy New Year! I’ll be blogging on Medieval Women next.

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!

What appalling manners from Trump and Vance. Just when you have seen them sink as low as you think it's possible for them to go, they go lower. Zelensky has so much courage and courtesy. They have zero.

Goodness. Press conference cancelled and Zelenskyy appears to be leaving the White House, Never seen anything like this in my many years of political coverage. Extraordinary

The Netherlands supports Ukraine as firmly as ever. Now more than ever. We want a lasting peace and an end to the war of aggression started by Russia. For Ukraine and its people, and for Europe.

We’ve been celebrating World Book Day UK 📚 2025 with thousands of children from across the UK, and the help of some special guests. Find out what we’ve been up to: bit.ly/BLWorldBookDay… #WorldBookDay #ReadingForPleasure #ReadYourWay

Where is my bus @Arrivakent? No 700 at 09:56, no 140 at 10:01 ( CHADGPJ) and so far no 700 at 10:16. I missed my 10;05 and will miss the 10:35 too if no bus turns up quickly.

Remembering Sacrifice, Celebrating Freedom blogs.bl.uk/european/2025/…

Next week one of the most underrated and underappreciated countries in Europe will celebrate its national day: Belgium, a country with a massive impact on European history, stocked to the brim with historical sites going back thousands of years and a down to earth approach.