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Concert recommendation for this week

Monday, January 24, 2011

Introspective, contemplative, contemporary chamber music by Henryk Gorecki in Flagey, Studio 1 at 20:35 on Saturday 29th. See you there!

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What’s On blogs

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Sadly I won’t be able to continue with my ‘What’s On in Brussels’ blogs on a regular basis.  I hope still to be able to flag up concerts that are ‘not-to-be-missed’, but my regular weekly is not possible for the moment.  Sorry.

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Music makes you feel good…

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

It’s official! A new study from the McGill University in Montreal has shown that we produce dopamine while listening to good music.  Apparently, even the expectation of a good  listen can be enough to produce the dopamine. Dopamine is our all-natural pleasure drug, released by the adrenal glands when we indulge in certain activities (sex, [...]

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Le Site du Grand-Hornu

Thursday, June 24, 2010

A quick word in praise of the “Site du Grand-Hornu” in Mons.  It was buit as an industrial mining complex in the early 19th century, and comprised workshops, offices, as well as housing both for the workers and the administrators. In its hey-day, the Grand-Hornu was producing nearly 120,000 tons a year and employing nearly [...]

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Trier Cathedral

Friday, June 18, 2010
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