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Barbarians Riding to the Capital to Claim Rights on Farmland

This is not a blog post about the current agriculture and nitrogen debates between the government in Brussels and farmers in Flanders,...

Hans Faber

Aug 16, 202318 min read

The Killing Fields, of the Celts

About 2,000 years ago, a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-year-old girl, who had suffered from scoliosis during her young life, was killed. Her red hair was shaved off on one side, she was stabbed at the base of her neck on the right shoulder, and strangled with a woollen rope. After this, she was placed in the bog. It all happened near the Celtic fields in what was then the territory of the Old Frisians, near the current village of Yde in the province of Drenthe. It was not inves

Hans Faber

Nov 21, 202014 min read