Who is your Mother of the Year?
I n his song Papaoutai, Belgian artist Stromae sings (in French): ‘Everybody knows how to make babies, but nobody knows how to make fathers.’ The same goes for mothers. Nobody [...]
The man who transformed surfing
Y ou can wake us up for a surf trip to Hawaii, anytime. Home to waves that are both tempting and terrifying, the island paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the birthplace of surfing [...]
Cheers to the men who inspire us
I n most countries, the third Sunday in June is dedicated to fathers in all shapes and sizes. For this year’s Father’s Day, we propose a slightly different approach: let’s celebrate not just the dads out there, however awesome they may be, [...]
A boy, a brilliant idea and the birth of Bourbon vanilla
E xactly 180 years ago, on the island of Réunion, a 12 year-old boy changed the course of vanilla history — and of his own life. This is the remarkable story of Edmond Albius. Some stories are too special to be washed [...]
We need to talk about Mr Herman Jansen (1859-1935)
In its heydey, Schiedam had over 400 distilleries and shipped seventy million liters of genever a year. Mr Herman Jansen was one of the city’s and industry’s driving forces. The world-class distillery that bears his name is where I found my identity. Schiedam first flourished [...]