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Born Max van Gelder to a Jewish family in Amsterdam in 1916, Geldray was a pioneering jazz harmonica player.

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The actress has reflected on an altercation she had with the comedian and actor on the set of 2000 action/comedy film Charlie ...

Inducted into the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Professor Vrasidas Karalis advocates for an authentic Greek identity, ...

Rising just before sunset on January 13, the Full Wolf Moon will be up all night, and will slip below the western horizon ...

Did you know that 1.5% of English comes from Dutch? Read this article to find out which English words came from the Netherlands — and why.

Speidel, who recently started as group leader in interdisciplinary math and science at Japan's research institute RIKEN, was ...

The English village. Perhaps the beguiling habitat closest to the English heart, the place in which everyone dreams of living ...

Documenting migrations by analysing changes in DNA has proven difficult due to the presence of historical groups of genetically similar people. For the latest study, however, researchers employed a ...

Managing transport, water and waste on top of tourism, cultural offerings and economic attractiveness, these three elected officials are on the front lines when it comes to the challenges of ...