Topic: Netherlands

Tim Holland, backgammon king in game's heyday, dies at 79; won several world championshipsTim Holland, a world backgammon champion who was one of the most prominent competitors in the game's modern heyday, has died. He was 79. Holland died Wednesday of emphysema ...
Hermitage museum opening offshoot in Amsterdam where Russian art collection began 300 yrs agoThe Hermitage is exhibiting czarist opulence at a new satellite museum in Amsterdam, the city where Peter the Great started Russia's fabulous state art collection 300 years ago and ...

Bridging the gap

I have friends who keep their bridgeplaying secret. In case anyone should be prying into their diaries, they just write 'cards', hoping that the snooper will imagine they are going to play a sexy game like poker or blackjack. When pressed on ...