SHORTLY before the war, the eminent Dutch essayist Menno ter Braak attended an international writers’ congress in Paris. Many distinguished writers had spoken before him, and the audience was very ...
Don't envy Elio Di Rupo. He may be the new prime minister of Belgium, but he's also a 60-year-old man who has to master a new language or lose his reputation. Maybe even his job. In Di Ripo's case, ...