Looking to follow the latest from the Netherlands? Here's the Program Preview to guide you though a week of listening beginning on July 15 - July 21.
*** Saturday Connection ***
Every Saturday, the Newsline team brings you Weekend Connection, with thought-provoking reports on the issues making headlines in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond. It's a lively mix of local colour and "the big picture". One week you might hear how Dutch farmers are doing their part to combat bird flu, the next week it's about the worldwide attempt to punish crimes against humanity. Big or small, Weekend Connection covers it all! Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (Australia/Asia/Far East), 12.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 05.00 (Western N America & New Zealand)
*** Vox Humana ***
"Rembrandt's Mirror: The artist sees himself" Art historian Simon Schama called Rembrandt's self-portraits "a forty-year soliloquy." But after the death of his wife Saskia, Rembrandt stopped painting self-portraits for seven years. When he finally returned to his mirror, he was faced with a very different artist. For the 400th anniversary of the artist's birth on July 15th, Vox Humana revisits an exhibition which brought together more Rembrandt self-portraits than ever before. This unique chance to look over Rembrandt's shoulder and into his mirror reveals a great deal about the greatest of the 17th century Dutch masters. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (Australia/Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia) Repeated: Sun 1430 (South Asia), Sun 1900 (N America, Africa)
SUNDAY 16 JULY
*** Amsterdam Forum ***
Countless events over the past decades have made it apparent that religion is one of the biggest sources of conflict in modern times. We've seen violent clashes in Northern Ireland, Sudan, the Middle East, Iraq, East Timor, and the Balkans - to name but a few. The attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States and subsequent attacks by Islamic terrorist groups, have driven the point home. But should faith get the blame? Or is religion being used as an excuse for violence? Have your say on the topic at www.radionetherlands.nl/features/amsterdamforum/ Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.05 (Australia/Asia/Far East), 11.05 (Eastern N America), 15.05 (South Asia), 18.05 & 20.05 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia)
*** Dutch Extra ***
Dutch Extra is a new programme on Radio Netherlands, broadcast on Sundays immediately after Amsterdam Forum. The programme offers a selection of cultural and arts news, a Radio Netherlands columnist casts a critical eye over Dutch society, we'll regularly have a Dutch recipe and most importantly, Dutch Extra features your reactions to our programmes and answers the questions you've asked us. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.45 (Australia/Asia/Far East), 11.45 (Eastern N America), 15.45(South Asia), 18.45 & 20.45 (Africa), 00.40 (Eastern N America), 01.40 (Central N America), 04.40 (Western N America), 06.40 (New Zealand), 0740 (Australia)
MONDAY 17 JULY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia)
*** The Research File *** Imagine a magical machine that can build whatever you want. Well, it does exist - as long as your heart's desire is no bigger than a football and can be made of plastic. This amazing technique, a kind of 3D printing, is being used at Maastricht University to print human skeleton implants for surgery. Marnie Chesterton pops by for a demonstration. Also on the show: we go lichen hunting in urban spaces. And space-balls: what else is in our solar system besides the nine planets? Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia) Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)
TUESDAY 18 JULY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia)
*** EuroQuest ***
"Art Meets Fashion" Many of the women at the Fashion with a Mission workshop in the Dutch city of Njmegen were homeless until recently. Today they're making serious designer stuff, prLt a portez. For two decades, Ozwald Boateng has been changing the face of classic British tailoring. He tells us about the state of the Boateng Empire. Art historian Esther Schreuder talks about how Rembrandt portrayed black people in the 17th century, looking at his two most famous paintings featuring black characters: The Baptism of the Eunuch and The Two Moors. To mark the centenary of the artist Paul Cézanne's death, a large exhibition is open this summer in Aix en Provence, featuring his best-known paintings of the local landscape. Henning Gruebl, better known as Germany's Shoe Shine Boy, was inspired by shoeshining during a visit to Columbia. Dressed like a 1920s New York street urchin, Gruebl demonstrates the true meaning of clean. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia) Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa) Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa) WEDNESDAY 19 JULY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia)
*** The Weekly Documentary ***
"Retracing the Routes" "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" In 2001 a tomato trade war began between the US and Canada. US growers complained that their Canadian counterparts were selling their produce far too cheaply and the US government promptly slapped a thirty per cent tariff on the imports. The Canadians answered with their own charges. In a programme that was first broadcast in 2002, Chris Brooks explores the tomato war on both sides of the border. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia) Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa) Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa) THURSDAY 20 JULY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia)
*** Dutch Horizons ***
This month marks the 400th anniversary of birth of Rembrandt. This Dutch painter was one of the greatest artists who ever lived, and to this day there are people whose lives are affected by his work. In a special edition of Dutch Horizons, you'll hear some of the people who are keeping Rembrandt's legacy alive today. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia) Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa) Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa)
FRIDAY 21 JULY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs. Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.00 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.00 (Eastern N America), 14.00 & 15.30(South Asia), 18.00, 19.30 & 20.30 (Africa), 00.00 (Eastern N America), 01.00 (Central N America), 04.00 (Western N America), 06.00 (New Zealand), 07.00 (Australia)
*** A Good Life ***
Civil war tore Angola apart for almost three decades. The death toll was huge and more than four million people were forced to flee their homes and the fighting. Thousands of families were separated. When the war ended in 2002, people started returning home and began the desperate search for missing relatives. Finding the missing is no easy task in a country devastated by conflict. In this "A Good Life" special we follow the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross who are determined to reunite Angola's families... Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 10.27 (SE Asia/Far East), 11.27 (Eastern N America), 14.30 (South Asia), 18.27 & 20.00 (Africa), 00.27 (Eastern N America), 01.27 (Central N America), 04.27 (Western N America), 06.27 (New Zealand), 07.27 (Australia) Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa) Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa) Repeated: Tues 1500 (S Asia), Tues 1900 (Africa)
(Source: R. Netherlands Program Preview 15 July-21 July 2006)