Peeling the Onion in Aalst
On a visit to the Flemish city of Aalst, Derek Blyth discovers a Carnival parade that likes to shock, a priest that took on the factory bosses and a utopian library.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
On a visit to the Flemish city of Aalst, Derek Blyth discovers a Carnival parade that likes to shock, a priest that took on the factory bosses and a utopian library.
De Keyser was a celebrity in Britain and in his native Belgium. He once owned the biggest hotel in London.