By Daniëlle Hermans
Wouter Winckel, one of my protagonists, actually existed. He lived in the city of Alkmaar and owned the tavern “De Oude Schuttersdoelen” which can be translated as: “The Old Shooter Targets Tavern”, as it was located near a shooting practice area. Besides being inn-keeper, he was a respected tulip merchant. In my book [...]
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By Melissa Milgrom
Athletic toads? Rats gambling in a dollhouse of decadence? How about bespectacled gentlemen lobsters?
No, this isn’t Wes Anderson’s sequel to Fantastic Mr. Fox, but the work of English Victorian taxidermist Mr. Walter Potter. Potter was famous for his over-the-top anthropomorphic scenes—kittens at the tea table; guinea pigs playing cricket—which were displayed in his [...]
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