THE self invented saying goes like this: “old journalists never die, they don’t fade away either”. I for one would still like to take up new ventures. As it happens , some health problems took me to the world of health care. That in itself is quite revealing . In short this: those working in the field should be praised for their efforts. The policymakers should go to monitor real practices before developing the next series of regulations that merely hamper smooth runing operations. In the meantime I’ve discovered the benefits of attending online meetings, doing interviews. Acting as an individual speech coach in English is a pleasure as well. All that can be used to expand my services even further. Please go to www.vandaagenmorgen.nl to find my contributions as a columnist and as a book reviewer.

Please go to the familiar socials to find my contributions at LinkedIn.com, Facebook.com and Instagram.com just to name some of them. My thoughts about policymaking and other subjects can be read at and other publications. Please go and find one example of this at https://www.vandaagenmorgen.nl/nieuws/10889/rechtstaat-geschaad-door-halve-waarheden but there is many more to explore.

And also . . .it still is fun to watch my update half Dutch/half English (or Double Dutch as the case may be). https://youtu.be/JAtD7bN-o-M and also this advert, just for fun. It shows the double Dutch of the one and the proper English of the native speaker.