Trouw: Interview about captivating history books
Interview in Dutch daily Trouw with Scaliger professor Rick Honings about literature, history, creative fiction, and how far authors are allowed to go.
Interview in Dutch daily Trouw with Scaliger professor Rick Honings about literature, history, creative fiction, and how far authors are allowed to go.
In a weekly series on history books, the Dutch public broadcaster NPO Radio 1 reviewed De droom van Den Haag: a book with the reading experience of a film.
In a review of De droom van Den Haag, Dutch daily NRC described the book as ‘catchy’, ‘entertaining, but also enlightening’.
The progressive Dutch weekly magazine De Groene Amsterdammer called the story telling in De droom van Den Haag ‘superb and compelling’.
In a television interview for the Dutch regional broadcaster Omroep West, I spoke about the history of The Hague as a city of peace and justice.
In a review, the liberal Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant called ‘De droom van Den Haag’ an ‘extraordinarily lively and well documented book’.
Dutch newspaper Trouw called ‘De droom van Den Haag’ ‘an outstanding book’.
At a live podcast event, I discussed with experts the history of international law and whether modern institutions are fit for purpose.
In a discussion on Dutch news radio station BNR, I stressed the moral force of decisions in international law – and of The Hague.
At a celebration of 125 years of peace and justice in The Hague, I presented my new book ‘The dream of The Hague’ in the Peace Palace today.