Ailish Lalor

Ailish was born in Sydney, Australia, but grew up by a forest in south-east Ireland, which she has attempted to replace with a living room filled with plants in The Hague. Besides catering to her army of pannenkoekenplantjes, Ailish spends her days convincing her friends that all food is better slightly burnt, plotting ways to hang out with dogs and cats, and of course, writing for DutchReview.

Amazon.nl is coming, and that’s not good news for the Dutch high street

Right now, all you can order from Amazon.nl is ebooks, and nobody wants them (I say, sobbing and hugging my bookcase frantically). But later this year,...

Climate change is bad for tulips, too

The Netherlands' hottest tulip destination, Keukenhof, is, well, getting hotter. And that's not good for the tulips. In an interview with nu.nl, Keukenhof director Bart Siemerink...

Political breakthrough: the end of bangers and other nasty fireworks on NYE

The VVD and CDA have, at last, come out in favour of a ban on fireworks- at least, on bangers and flares. Ornamental fireworks...

Dutch YouTube star NikkieTutorials comes out as transgender

In a YouTube video posted yesterday, Dutch YouTube star NikkieTutorials came out as transgender in a video entitled "I'm Coming Out." NikkieTutorials (Nikkie de...

Still no winter on the horizon for the Netherlands

Just like last week, the weather has nothing very wintery in store for the Netherlands. You might think this sounds nice, but it just means...

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