Song "Don't smoke in bed" (1947, Willard Robinson), sung in 1957 by Nina Simone (album "Little Girl Blue", 1959)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"

Song "For all we know" (1934, Sam Lewis, music J. Fred Coots), sung in 1958 by Nina Simone (album "The Amazing Nina Simone")

Collection "Love Mind and Death"

Song "My baby just cares for me" (1930, Gus Kahn, music Walter Donaldson, for the movie-adaptation of the musical "Whoopee!"), sung in 1949 by Nat King Cole and in 1957 by Nina Simone (album "Little Girl Blue", 1959)

Collection "Love Mind and Death"

Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), A Celebration of Love, part Two

Collection "Unspoken"

Novel "The Message to the Planet" (1989, Iris Murdoch), part Three

Collection "Unspoken"

Novel "The Message to the Planet" (1989, Iris Murdoch), part Three

Collection "Unspoken"

Novel "The Message to the Planet" (1989, Iris Murdoch), part Three

Collection "Unspoken"

Play "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" (1607, William Shakespeare), performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in summer 2024 (direction Tamara Harvey) --- Collection "Known"

Poem "No Images" (1924, William Waring Cuney), sung a cappella in 1966 by Nina Simone (album "Let it all out") --- Collection "Within the walls"

Song "He needs me" (1930, Arthur Hamilton), sung in 1955 by Peggy Lee and in 1957 by Nina Simone (album "Little Girl Blue", 1959)

Collection "Love Mind and Death"

Song "Don't explain" (1944, Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr, released in 1946), sung in 1966 by Nina Simone (album "Let it all out")

Collection "Em Brace"

Song "Mood Indigo" (1930, Irving Mills, music Duke Ellington), sung in 1955 by Frank Sinatra (album "In the Wee Small Hours") and in 1957 by Nina Simone (album "Little Girl Blue", 1959) --- Collection "VacantVoid"

Song "Love me or leave me" (1928, Gus Kahn, music Walter Donaldson, for the musical "Whoopee!"), sung in 1957 by Nina Simone (album "Little Girl Blue", 1959) --- Collection "Love Mind and Death"

Poem "Ik weet niet *** je me graag ziet" ("I don't know how you like me", 2008, Wineke de Boer)
Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"

Poem "In het huis van je vader" ("In your father's house", 2009, Krijn Peter Hesselink)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

Novel "The sea, the sea" (1978, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"

Novel "The sea, the sea" (1978, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"

Air "Tacea la notte placida" ("Silent is the night, peaceful"), 1853, opera "Il trovatore" ("The troubadour", Salvatore Cammarano / Giuseppe Verdi) - Leonora, act 1

Collection "Held/True"

Novel "The Message to the Planet" (1989, Iris Murdoch), part Six

Collection "Unspoken"

Column "Alleen maar opwaarts" ("Only up", 2024, Ellen Deckwitz), in the NRC of September 10th, 2024

About the painting "[Landschap met] De val van Icarus" ("Landscape with the Fall of Icarus", 1565, Pieter Brueghel de Oude)

Collection "Glimpsed"

"Tao Te Ching" #47 (ca. 300 BC)

Song "The Inner Light" (1968, George Harrison & The Beatles)

Collection "Glimpsed"

Song "Hou me vast" ("Hold me", 2023, Wende Snijders)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s"

Short story "September in the Rain" (2024, Marijke Schermer), in the NRC of September 5th, 2024

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s"

Air "Voi che sapete" ("You who know (what love is)"), 1786, opera "Le nozze di Figaro" ("Figaro's wedding", Lorenzo da Ponte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), based on the comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais - Act 2

Collection "Love Mind and Death"

Novel "The Message to the Planet" (1989, Iris Murdoch), part Seven

Collection "Unspoken"

Song "Tagelyk" ("Simultaneously", 2023, Nyk de Vries), album "Tagelyk", music Artvark Saxophone Quartet

Collection "Wean Di"

Quest (search for wisdom) "Karel ende Elegast" (Charlemagne and Elbegast, 1270, Anon. [Vlaanderen]) - Elbegast is the King of the Elves

Collection "Within the walls"

Novel "De vergaderzaal" ("The conference room", 1974, Albert Alberts)

Collection "Within the walls"

Novel "De vergaderzaal" ("The conference room", 1974, Albert Alberts)

Collection "Within the walls"

Story "De maaltijd" ("The Meal", 1952, Albert Alberts), collection "De Eilanden" ("The Islands")

Collection "Germ Substance"

Poem "Fürchte dich nicht" ("Don't be afraid", 1951-1953, Hilde Domin)

Collection "Germ Substance"

Song 'Song of the Lake' (2024, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) , album 'Wild God'

Collection 'Break'

Song "Frogs" (2024, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), album "Wild God"

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

Song "Plain Gold Ring" (1956, George Stone), sung in 1957 by Nina Simone (album "Little Girl Blue", 1959)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"

Composition "Central Park Blues" (1957, Nina Simone, album "Little Girl Blue", 1959)

Collection "Finethreads"

Painting "Burly Cobb's House, South Truro" (1933, Edward Hopper)

Collection "NightWatch"

Song "Ya lella winek" ("O madam, where are you?", 2021, Lotfi Bouchnak)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s"

Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), A Celebration of Love, part Two

Collection "Unspoken"

Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), A Celebration of Love, part Two

Collection "Unspoken"

Poem "6. narratief van die parkboer" ("6. narrative of the park farmer", 2000, Antjie Krog)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

Earrings

Novel "The Queen of the Tambourine" (1991, Jane Gardam), Chapter Evening of evenings

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act One, scene Three

Collection "Unspoken"

Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act One, scene Two

Collection "Unspoken"

Interview by Geertje Tuenter with sailor Marit Bouwmeester in the NRC of August 6th, 2024

Collection "Here &Now&"

Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"

Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"

Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"

Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"

Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act Two

Iris Murdoch uses the myth of 'ius primae noctis' (right of the first night / droit du seigneur) in this play

Collection "Unspoken"

Play "[Acastos -] Art and Eros", a Platonic dialogue (1980, Iris Murdoch)

The imperfection of aestheticisation is preferable to the lie of concealment. To sweeten a bitter pill

Collection "Unspoken"