De Stijl Movement, historical Dutch design

While you may not know the name ‘De Stijl’, you might certainly be familiar with the visual language of this artistic movement, especially if you’ve lived in the Netherlands for any amount of time. Read more about it in this article

Reflections

Reflections: After more than a decade as Chair of the Board for the ACCESS Foundation, Gary Hays looks back on his time with the organisation.

Replan, Refocus, Rejoice

In 1992 when I first arrived in the Netherlands, recently married to a Dutch diplomat I had met while we were both expatriates in Brazil, I put the lessons of my own ‘globally mobile’ past to work. This would be to make friends and build...

The British School in The Netherlands: Students’ Sensory Needs

School environments can be busy places—alive with activity. As part of the wellbeing curriculum at The British School, children are taught different techniques to be aware of how they are feeling and equipped with tools and strategies to navigate them.

The Depot - bowled over by art

On 6 November 2021 Rotterdam witnessed the dramatic unveiling ceremony of the Depot of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, the world’s first publicly accessible art depot. Read more about it in this article.