Richard de Nooy
@richarddenooy.bsky.social
Author of novels, short stories and non-fiction in Dutch and English | latest: Verraad op Huize Zwaluwenburg | prone to curiosity and enthusiasm | https://linktr.ee/richarddenooy
Should any of you ever happen to bump into Allen — he of the eponymous, L-shaped keys — please be sure to give him a knee in his tiny, oddly-recessed, poorly accessible nuts from me.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Should any of you ever happen to bump into Allen — he of the eponymous, L-shaped keys — please be sure to give him a knee in his tiny, oddly-recessed, poorly accessible nuts from me.
These cute little buggers are harbingers of doom. It’s November and their mother thinks it’s Second Spring.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
These cute little buggers are harbingers of doom. It’s November and their mother thinks it’s Second Spring.
In 1863, an overeager subeditor at the Nantucket Sentinel was fined $200 for his role in the death of James Carruthers, who was erroneously hired as harpist aboard a whaling ship.
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In 1863, an overeager subeditor at the Nantucket Sentinel was fined $200 for his role in the death of James Carruthers, who was erroneously hired as harpist aboard a whaling ship.
Licorice is called "drop" in the Netherlands, which is presumably what foreign hearts do when they discover it is unnecessarily popular here.
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Licorice is called "drop" in the Netherlands, which is presumably what foreign hearts do when they discover it is unnecessarily popular here.
Should you ever find yourself in Amsterdam’s longest shopping street, tempting the retail rats from from Muntplein to Dam Square and back, take a moment to glance up above the gaudy shop line and marvel at the fact that all the lovely apartments you see there are empty and uninhabited.
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Should you ever find yourself in Amsterdam’s longest shopping street, tempting the retail rats from from Muntplein to Dam Square and back, take a moment to glance up above the gaudy shop line and marvel at the fact that all the lovely apartments you see there are empty and uninhabited.
My great-uncle Hendrik Jakobs and his wife Marie saved the lives of several Jewish families in The Hague during WWII. Hendrik — a retired family doctor — was executed for his #antifa activities on 18 March 1945. He died for freedom, equality and democracy. Fascism was just a deadly obstacle.
October 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My great-uncle Hendrik Jakobs and his wife Marie saved the lives of several Jewish families in The Hague during WWII. Hendrik — a retired family doctor — was executed for his #antifa activities on 18 March 1945. He died for freedom, equality and democracy. Fascism was just a deadly obstacle.
I’m pretty sure this is where it will be “leaked”.
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m pretty sure this is where it will be “leaked”.
Are you alright out there in “war-ravaged Portland”, @danishnovelist.bsky.social?
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Are you alright out there in “war-ravaged Portland”, @danishnovelist.bsky.social?
Give a Duck — a short film about humanity
September 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Give a Duck — a short film about humanity
This is our child.
September 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is our child.
It wouldn’t surprise me in Amsterdam, where my neighbour happens to be called Arend (Eagle).
September 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It wouldn’t surprise me in Amsterdam, where my neighbour happens to be called Arend (Eagle).
‘Ik ben geen van beide, écht!’ riep ik wanhopig tegen de dronken jongen, die na een kwartier afdroop.
September 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
‘Ik ben geen van beide, écht!’ riep ik wanhopig tegen de dronken jongen, die na een kwartier afdroop.
My daughter's band Magustry were at Taverne Bergen on Saturday, proving they can also rock hard when the sun is up.
Join them for their release party on Friday, 29 August, at Cinetol in Amsterdam, where they'll be supported by Whiff and Fabienne Julie. (Link to tickets below.)
Join them for their release party on Friday, 29 August, at Cinetol in Amsterdam, where they'll be supported by Whiff and Fabienne Julie. (Link to tickets below.)
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My daughter's band Magustry were at Taverne Bergen on Saturday, proving they can also rock hard when the sun is up.
Join them for their release party on Friday, 29 August, at Cinetol in Amsterdam, where they'll be supported by Whiff and Fabienne Julie. (Link to tickets below.)
Join them for their release party on Friday, 29 August, at Cinetol in Amsterdam, where they'll be supported by Whiff and Fabienne Julie. (Link to tickets below.)
To those who may be wondering, here's my translation of those quotes. Feel free to verify them elsewhere.
July 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
To those who may be wondering, here's my translation of those quotes. Feel free to verify them elsewhere.
Has anyone else been locked out of their FB and Insta accounts by this fucked-if-you-do-and-fucked-if-you-don’t quandary? Or is it a more specific group that can’t shut up about atrocities?
July 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Has anyone else been locked out of their FB and Insta accounts by this fucked-if-you-do-and-fucked-if-you-don’t quandary? Or is it a more specific group that can’t shut up about atrocities?
July 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
My loathing for Spotify and any other bloodsucking platform has reached a new low. I hope everyone terminates their subscription and switches to a platform intended solely to ensure that musicians and other performers get what they so richly deserve.
June 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My loathing for Spotify and any other bloodsucking platform has reached a new low. I hope everyone terminates their subscription and switches to a platform intended solely to ensure that musicians and other performers get what they so richly deserve.
Somewhere at an airport in the back of my mind, you are waiting to catch a flight home.
June 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Somewhere at an airport in the back of my mind, you are waiting to catch a flight home.