The Low Countries. Jaargang 15(2007)– [tijdschrift] The Low Countries– Auteursrechtelijk beschermd Inhoudsopgave Art Matters (and so does Society) Luc Devoldere | Chief Editor Money is the Dross of the Earth Flemish Clav versus Dutch Polder [Erik Durnez] Robbed by a Cheque An Extract from Tom Lanoye's Do It! The Aroma of Spices and Gold Traces of Amsterdam's Trading Past [Michel Bakker] The more I get to know humanity, the more I love my dog An Extract from Tea Letters Brokering Commerce, Brokering Culture in Medieval Europe The Low Countries and the German Hanse [Peter Stabel] A Businessman's Thoughts on Concentration Camps and Capitalism Two Extracts from Hellema's The Wrath of the Wind Are Diamonds Forever? Antwerp, World Diamond Centre - but for how much longer? [Ewald Pironet] My cheese will is made An Extract from Willem Elsschot's Cheese Artist Seeks Market - and Vice Versa? [Marc Ruyters] Stupid People Pay More An Extract from Marja Brouwers' Casino The Welfare State in the Netherlands and Belgium A Story of Identical Challenges, Different Structures, Identical Instruments... and Jealousy Guy Tegenbos Anything I set my hand to falls to bits An Extract from J.M.H. Berckmans' The Investigation Begins A Not So Splendid Isolation Poverty...but not as we know it [Filip Matthijs] It's only a live-minute walk from poverty to wealth An Extract from Frans Pointl's The Rich Have Awkward Sizes The Dislocated and Disconcerting World of Aernout Mik [Saskia Bak] Identity between Diversity and Uncertainty History in Contemporary Society [Kees Ribbens] Verboeckhoven's Sheep The Rediscovery of Belgium's Nineteenth-Century Painters [Jo Tollebeek] The Face and Voice of Flanders Six Family Novels by Erik Vlaminck Frank Hellemans An Icicle on a Dutchman's Beard Shakespeare and the Low Countries [Jaap Harskamp] The Tale Won't Be Ended The Poetry of J.H. Leopold [Dick van Halsema] Montage Means Power The Video-Essays of Johan Grimonprez [Lieven van den Abeele] Clarity of Head and Heart The Enlightened Narrative Art of Arthur Japin [Frank Hellemans] The Chief Government Architects of Flanders and the Netherlands [Hans Ibelings] Innovation against Forgetting Hella Jongerius' First Steps in Industrial Furniture Design [Chris Méplon] Pierre Audi, More than a Director [Ernst Vermeulen] The End of Improvisation Circus in Flanders [André de Poorter] Islam in the Netherlands Dick Douwes From Poppentje to Jan Turpijn Puppet Theatre in the Low Countries [Jos Nijhof] Belgium and the Domestication of its Islamic Diaspora [Meryem Kanmaz & Sami Zemni] The Pumping and Penetrating Needle Berend Strik's Embroidery Techniques and his Art [David Stroband] Not a Cheerful Science The Unrelenting World-Picture of Willem Frederik Hermans [Henk Pröpper] New Directions for Public Broadcasting in Flanders and the Netherlands [Huub Wijfjes] Stepping Up to the Light The Poetry of Jan Eijkelboom [Kees Snoek] Aalst: A Flemish Provincial Town like no Other [Luc Devoldere] Chronicle Architecture One and a Half Kilos of Architecture A new Guide to Dutch Architecture Cultural Policy Virtual Dutch A Dialogue, not a Directive A Canon of Dutch History Film and Theatre The American Dutchman Paul Verhoeven and his Black Book Try Not to Mention David Lynch The Provocative Thrills of Abattoir Fermé A Budget Holiday in the Middle Ages Crusade in Jeans History Remembering Herbert Hoover Dutch-Jewish Documents in the Diaspora The Coppenhagen Collection in Oxford The Epic Tale of ‘Father’ Anseele The Holland Land Company Investing in Land in the Nascent United States Literature The Village of Lieve Joris A Book Full of Longing Tommy Wieringa and Joe Speedboat Music Ben Sluijs and the Rehabilitation of the Songbird Philosophy and Science In the Republic of the Learned Einstein and the Netherlands Christine Van Broeckhoven, a Pioneer in Alzheimer's Virtue Will Undo Us All Bernard Mandeville Society The City's for Everyone Council Elections in Belgium Dutch Electorate All at Sea Visual Arts British Vision The Art behind Inspector Morse and Mr Bean Comes to the Low Countries Perversity, Pleasure and the Boundaries of Our Order The Art of Folkert de Jong The Sweet Smell of Success Viktor & Rolf Short Takes Contributors Translators