http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/10/afrojack-the-most-down-to-earth-private-jet-owner-you%e2%80%99ll-ever-meet/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/10/afrojack-the-most-down-to-earth-private-jet-owner-you%e2%80%99ll-ever-meet/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:00:48 +0000 Emma Gritt http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29033 Three things The Netherlands have a knack for producing: Well-bred horses; delicious cheese; world class dance music producers. Afrojack, aka Nick van de Wall, is the latest super-producer to come out of the lowlands, joining the likes of Laidback Luke, Tiesto, Joris Voorn, Fedde Le Grand, Armin van Buren, Sander Kleinenberg and Ferry Corsten as the country’s top musical exports.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/10/afrojack-the-most-down-to-earth-private-jet-owner-you%e2%80%99ll-ever-meet/feed/ 11 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/16/vurnon-anita-versatile-midfielder-who-can-dictate-the-tempo-at-newcastle-united/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/16/vurnon-anita-versatile-midfielder-who-can-dictate-the-tempo-at-newcastle-united/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:55:49 +0000 Majid Mohamed http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27467 The new Newcastle number eight favours a defensive midfield role, although he has more ability and passing range than Cheick Tioté, another Newcastle midfielder signed from the Dutch league.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/16/vurnon-anita-versatile-midfielder-who-can-dictate-the-tempo-at-newcastle-united/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/netherlands-set-to-implement-changes-after-disastrous-euro-2012-campaign/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/netherlands-set-to-implement-changes-after-disastrous-euro-2012-campaign/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:43:26 +0000 Majid Mohamed http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25778 Bert van Marwijk, who led Feyenoord to Uefa Cup triumph in 2002, resigned as Netherlands coach recently following their early exit from Euro 2012. The process of reverting Oranje to play the ‘Dutch way’ again can now begin.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/29/netherlands-set-to-implement-changes-after-disastrous-euro-2012-campaign/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/13/euro-2012-germanys-rivalry-with-england-is-nothing-compared-to-the-netherlands/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/13/euro-2012-germanys-rivalry-with-england-is-nothing-compared-to-the-netherlands/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:01:29 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25203 Euro '88 saw one Marco van Basten sink Germany in a fateful semi-final in Hamburg, a result which Ruud Gullit later equated to “justice having been done”, while Ronald Koeman, it was alleged, celebrated by using Olaf Thon's Germany shirt as toilet paper after the game.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/13/euro-2012-germanys-rivalry-with-england-is-nothing-compared-to-the-netherlands/feed/ 39 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/05/euro-2012-netherlands-preview/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/05/euro-2012-netherlands-preview/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:15:28 +0000 Majid Mohamed http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24948 The European Championships begin in just a few days with the Netherlands amongst the favourites once again. The Dutch are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the world according to the latest Fifa rankings]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/05/euro-2012-netherlands-preview/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/04/song-of-the-day-netherlands-sleeping/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/04/song-of-the-day-netherlands-sleeping/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:38:01 +0000 John Hall http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=17085 Netherlands make the kind of warm psychedelica that recalls a less-eccentric, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd. 60s instrument tones abound and the melody borrows from The Beatles’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, but there’s also something Mott the Hoople-esque rumbling away in there somewhere. Netherlands – Sleeping by Netherlands ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/04/song-of-the-day-netherlands-sleeping/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/28/legalising-racism/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/28/legalising-racism/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:47:33 +0000 Fatima Kanji http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=13563 Last week, Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) was found not guilty for hate-speech charges at a court in Amsterdam. Wilders was charged in connection with statements made in newspapers and the film Fitna, which directlycondemns Islam, calling it a form of fascism. He had also called for an end to [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/28/legalising-racism/feed/ 169 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/14/eredivisie-ready-for-title-%e2%80%98play-off%e2%80%99/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/14/eredivisie-ready-for-title-%e2%80%98play-off%e2%80%99/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 18:00:02 +0000 Majid Mohamed http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=12101 Today either AFC Ajax or FC Twente will win the Dutch league title. It just so happens that they will play each other on the final day in a dramatic climax to the season.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/14/eredivisie-ready-for-title-%e2%80%98play-off%e2%80%99/feed/ 0