Richard Harris

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What a load of rubbish: The glass shredders recycling your used bottles

Ever wondered where your empty wine bottle goes after its unceremonious drop into a bottle bank?

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Big tops and beyond: Belgium's thriving circus culture

Belgium's circus scene, with a vibrant fusion of traditional and contemporary acts, has become a world-renowned hub for performance arts.

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When my CIA father worked at Expo 58

The fair was the perfect environment for espionage. It offered many believable covers for visiting foreigners and was a Cold War free-for-all with the highest concentration of spies ever assembled.

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The unlikely Brussels resistance hero who lost her head

“Under each name were the words ‘Death by firing squad’. But then, on the last grave, we saw a woman’s name for the first time – Marina – with a single word underneath: ‘Decapitee’.

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How Bastogne changed the Second World War

“What is merry about this, you ask? I will tell you, we stopped the entire German offensive, coming from the north, from the south, from the east, from the west. We are still keeping and holding the town of Bastogne and holding the perimeters. So, we can be proud of us.”

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How New York art and music pioneer Charlemagne Palestine found his way to Brussels

Stuffed animals became a feature of his concerts and installations more than 50 years ago. It began in the late 1960s when he would perform long drone pieces that sometimes lasted for days.

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Celebrating the surrealist century

With surrealism marking its century as an art movement, Belgium is joining the celebrations as the country with arguably the richest contribution to its legacy.

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The Prins family influence on Belgian jazz

Brussels has been a jazz mecca almost since the sounds first emerged in New Orleans in the late 19th century.

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The stitches in time that still weave spells

At the start of the 16th century, Brussels was the top spot for high-quality tapestry production in Europe.

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Belgium's schools for budding strip artists

With over 700 comic strip authors, Belgium has more per square kilometre than any other country in the world.

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Jean Van Hamme still has stories to tell

Jean Van Hamme has left his mark on the comic book landscape as the creator of Thorgal, Largo Winch, XIII and much more. But almost six decades since he began writing, he is not ready to stop.

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From Russia with no love

“I tried to leave. I dreamt of escaping. I planned. I plotted my escape ever since I can remember.”

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Why the Comic Arts Museum has such a gorgeous home

The Comic Arts Museum is one of the most popular attractions in Brussels.

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Brussels' comic strip trail: The murals that offer wall-to-wall comic coverage

There are almost 70 murals in the city centre.

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How Belgians have raced into space

The country has a higher profile and a more comprehensive presence in outer space than most people, including Belgians, realise.

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The Brussels Metro’s underground art museum

From the beginning the designers wanted the underground to be "an open, lively and original environment, where Art needed a place." They wanted each station to have its own identity.

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The tracks down the years: A short history of the Brussels Metro

Rail has been part of the Brussels transportation scene since the mid-1800s but it was only in the 1970s that the city unveiled its metro.

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The rebirth of the Brussels Canal

"A year and half ago this location was an unauthorised rubbish dump. There was motor oil, frying oil, tyres, and all sorts of rubbish, there were drug sales going on, it was not a safe area.”

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Getting high in Brussels

Brussels has the largest Art Deco building in the world. The observation platform around the cupola offers not only one of the most panoramic 360° views of the city, but also of the Pajottenland to the west and the countryside to the north and south.

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How garden cities became the green idylls of Brussels

Garden cities were not suburbs, nor rural retreats, but a more integrated foundation for an effective urban life.

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