The Life and Major Works of Victor Horta
An overview of Belgian architect and designer Victor Horta, the key founder of the Art Nouveau movement.
I look at the lives of some Belgians who are well-known in some aspect and who have made a valuable contribution to humanity.
An overview of Belgian architect and designer Victor Horta, the key founder of the Art Nouveau movement.
Suzanne Spaak was a courageous Belgian operative in the French Resistance during the Second World War.
Gabrielle Petit was a Belgian woman who spied for the British Secret Service during the First World War.
Hortense Clews (born Hortense Daman) was a courageous member of the Belgian resistance movement in her teens, and a survivor of Ravensbrück.
On 7 June 2021, Belgian polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer died during an expedition in Greenland. Here is a summary of his remarkable achievements.
The uplifting story of Augusta Chiwy, a nurse who displayed great courage in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
The remarkable life of a Belgian nun who ended up being the subject of a book and a movie, and nursing a Hollywood star!
The tragic life and death of Jeannine Deckers, aka The Singing Nun (1933-1985).
The literally “Around The World In Three Years” odyssey of a group of Belgian soldiers during the First World War
Born in 1623, Ferdinand Verbiest led an exceptional life as a Jesuit missionary to China, an astronomer and an engineer.
The story of Monsieur Hawarden, a man living in Belgium who was closely connected to a Frenchwoman called Meriora Gillibrand.