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Coming soon to a TV near you, Celebrity Red Light District

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Candidate for red light district reality tv show

The Shallow Man has been impressed by the highbrow quality reality shows shown on Dutch television. RTL, Veronica and SBS6 have all been doing their best to raise the standards of modern TV with quality output such as. Sterren Springen Celebrity Pole Dancing There's a severe lack of reality TV shows that treat bekende Nederlanders with the respect they most certainly … [Read more...] about Coming soon to a TV near you, Celebrity Red Light District

Sexual equality alive and well in the Netherlands

By Simon Woolcot 1 Comment

The Netherlands has the highest levels of sexual equality in the world. I'm constantly told this by shouty Dutch women, and who am I, the rather annoying, but always impeccably dressed foreigner to disagree? I want to believe this, I really do and yet there is some evidence that contradicts this.... for example only 28% of staff with a supervisory role in the Netherlands is … [Read more...] about Sexual equality alive and well in the Netherlands

From Russia with anything but love

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From Russia with anything but love The Shallow Man, the mature and aging, but always elegant fossil,  formerly of London now of Amsterdam, has been reflecting on how we are living in the age of convenience. I'm so advanced in years, that I can remember when accessing the Internet involved a device that would make huge amounts of noise to connect and then the worst nightmare of … [Read more...] about From Russia with anything but love

More Adam zoekt Eva

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Adam zoekt Eva The Shallow Man, provider of essential services to his ever growing band of followers, once sat through and wrote about an episode of Adam zoekt Eva. I won't go as far as to say that I was traumatised by the experience, but almost. For those of you that have the good taste not to watch this programme, it's yet another reality show from the "how low can we go" … [Read more...] about More Adam zoekt Eva

Ik heb het nog nooit gedaan

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A reality TV show about Dutch virgins While out jogging in the Amsterdamse Bos recently, I was doing my best not to fall over, as it had been raining and it was pretty slippery. I saw a sight that one rarely sees in Amsterdam, a nun. She was walking on the grass and slipped and fell. I ran over and helped her up, but she was covered in mud. She thanked me, and then proceeded to … [Read more...] about Ik heb het nog nooit gedaan

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