Published in The Bulletin magazine Tourists wander about the cobblestoned streets in Brussels’ city centre. They’ve come to gaze at the Grand’Place and take photos of one of the capital’s most famous residents, the Manneken Pis. Some are unaware that the network of narrow streets nearby is the heartland of the capital’s thriving gay...
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Published in Meta Magazine In a destitute village somewhere deep in the Congolese forest, Dutch artist Renzo Martens unlatches two metal boxes and removes several large neon lights. His motions are deliberate, slow and choreographed. As he assembles the lights onto a wooden frame...
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Published at the Corporate Europe Observatory A number of former MEPs are still active inside the Parliament, lobbying on issues they previously worked on while in post. Their networks inside the EU institution are invaluable to consultancy firms, PR agencies, and the companies...
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Published in The Bulletin magazine – June 2011 The meltdown in Fukushima, Japan has reinvigorated the debate over Belgium’s ageing nuclear facilities. Belgium’s seven nuclear reactors, all run by...
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Throughout the past two years I’ve written a number of articles on migrants and asylum seekers. Click on the image below to launch the slideshow and view some of...
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(pambazuka news, July 2008) A row of Moroccan flags, firmly embedded in a concrete wall too tall to scale, align a compound that has no political will and surround...
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