Daily Archives: October 10, 2003

Dutch prince renounces throne

Posted on October 10, 2003 by Arthur

During last week’s power outage I frequently phoned ‘home’. During one of those conversations with relatives oversea, someone mentioned something about the troubled state of the Dutch monarchy: apparantly one of the sons of the queen was intending to marry … Continue reading →

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Diana coin

Posted on October 10, 2003 by Arthur

And another simple reminder to a tale that has to be told, thanks to the ever surprising Gothamist. At the end of 1999, probably around this time, Alf and I stayed in London for a couple of days: Kurt Weill’s … Continue reading →

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