Frédéric Moreau
@goodclimate.bsky.social
Brussels stuff, from the slopes of the Wyngaerd Berg.
Journalism here
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Journalism here
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Pinned
If you seek my monument, look around you. Architect Jean Delhaye pictured in Victor Horta's 1893 Tassel mansion, which he bought in 1976 and restored. Delhaye sacrificed his own career to save his old teacher's masterpieces. My Brussels Times Magazine article.
www.brusselstimes.com/1892203/how-...
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The requirement for dual British citizens to have a valid UK passport while entering the country would help prevent the arrival of people who present a threat, Australia's British High Commission says.
New UK passport rules designed to improve national security, government says
The requirement for dual British citizens to have a valid UK passport while entering the country would help prevent the arrival of people who present a threat, Australia's British High Commission says.
www.abc.net.au
January 23, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The requirement for dual British citizens to have a valid UK passport while entering the country would help prevent the arrival of people who present a threat, Australia's British High Commission says.
He has such thin skin, Farage. Reporters could peel it off in strips. But what if they lost access?
Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question.
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
February 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
He has such thin skin, Farage. Reporters could peel it off in strips. But what if they lost access?
European Commission ready to sign Gibraltar treaty with UK.
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ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission adopts proposals for the signing, provisional application and conclusion of EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar
\nThe European Commission has adopted its proposals for the signature and provisional application, as well as for the conclusion of an agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and ...
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February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
European Commission ready to sign Gibraltar treaty with UK.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Workers housing from 1894 in Saint Gilles by art nouveau pioneer Paul Hankar for his Liégois father-in-law. Sgrafittes by Adolphe Crespin. The two men later collaborated on the Hôtel Ciamberlani.
February 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Workers housing from 1894 in Saint Gilles by art nouveau pioneer Paul Hankar for his Liégois father-in-law. Sgrafittes by Adolphe Crespin. The two men later collaborated on the Hôtel Ciamberlani.
Maison Algave, Saint Gilles. Paul Hankar, 1898. Bat sgraffito by Adolphe Crespin.
February 17, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Maison Algave, Saint Gilles. Paul Hankar, 1898. Bat sgraffito by Adolphe Crespin.
Art deco residence hall for nurses in Saint-Gilles, 1922.
February 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Art deco residence hall for nurses in Saint-Gilles, 1922.
Squirrel sgraffites on an 1895 house in Saint-Gilles by Paul Hankar.
February 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Squirrel sgraffites on an 1895 house in Saint-Gilles by Paul Hankar.
1882 mansion by Octave Van Rysselberghe in Saint Gilles. Sgraffites by Jean Baes, apparently the first time the technique covered a façade on such a large scale.
February 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
1882 mansion by Octave Van Rysselberghe in Saint Gilles. Sgraffites by Jean Baes, apparently the first time the technique covered a façade on such a large scale.
New front door (entire new facade) on an 1870s house in Saint-Gilles. Louis Herman de Koninck, 1927.
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
New front door (entire new facade) on an 1870s house in Saint-Gilles. Louis Herman de Koninck, 1927.
Modernist house in Uccle. 1924, by Louis-Herman de Koninck for himself.
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Modernist house in Uccle. 1924, by Louis-Herman de Koninck for himself.
Re-Make/Re-Model. Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles. Built 1905, hugely expanded in 1927.
February 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Re-Make/Re-Model. Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles. Built 1905, hugely expanded in 1927.
Ed and David Miliband's father grew up in a house in this row in Saint-Gilles. He fled to Britain from the Nazis as a boy in 1940.
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Ed and David Miliband's father grew up in a house in this row in Saint-Gilles. He fled to Britain from the Nazis as a boy in 1940.
Ceiling of the Monnaie opera house in Brussels. You only get a really good look if you're lying dead on stage.
February 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Ceiling of the Monnaie opera house in Brussels. You only get a really good look if you're lying dead on stage.
BBC radio, 1924. Opera live from La Monnaie in Brussels, transmitted by telephone.
February 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
BBC radio, 1924. Opera live from La Monnaie in Brussels, transmitted by telephone.
Now and then #Brussels. The Monnaie royale de Belgique/Koninklijke Munt van België in Saint-Gilles. Opened in 1880, closed in 1969 and demolished in the mid-1980s. Apart from this little mint triangle.
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Now and then #Brussels. The Monnaie royale de Belgique/Koninklijke Munt van België in Saint-Gilles. Opened in 1880, closed in 1969 and demolished in the mid-1980s. Apart from this little mint triangle.
Postcard from Le Grand Hôtel boulevard Anspach to a pal in Moscow. February 14, 1912. 'Arrived in Brussels this morning. Delicious oysters from Ostend. Tonight we're going to La Monnaie to see Fidelio by that old Beethoven. If only Lucie was there. Paris tomorrow. Kisses.'
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Postcard from Le Grand Hôtel boulevard Anspach to a pal in Moscow. February 14, 1912. 'Arrived in Brussels this morning. Delicious oysters from Ostend. Tonight we're going to La Monnaie to see Fidelio by that old Beethoven. If only Lucie was there. Paris tomorrow. Kisses.'
Brussels on tour. Cherubs in the Parc de la Dodaine, Nivelles. Created for the facade of the main post office in place de la Monnaie (opened 1892, demolished 1966).
February 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Brussels on tour. Cherubs in the Parc de la Dodaine, Nivelles. Created for the facade of the main post office in place de la Monnaie (opened 1892, demolished 1966).
Brussels, 8 August 1914. Three Germans are caught cutting telephone wires and chased across the rooftops next to the Grand-Place. They were arrested, along with a German woman discovered in a bolthole hidden behind a chaise longue.
February 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Brussels, 8 August 1914. Three Germans are caught cutting telephone wires and chased across the rooftops next to the Grand-Place. They were arrested, along with a German woman discovered in a bolthole hidden behind a chaise longue.
In addition to Midi station, Fernand Petit's career took in his own house, an odd Elizabethan fantasy from 1914 when he was 29. And the 1927 Cousin American car dealership, now Brico Saint-Gilles.
February 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
In addition to Midi station, Fernand Petit's career took in his own house, an odd Elizabethan fantasy from 1914 when he was 29. And the 1927 Cousin American car dealership, now Brico Saint-Gilles.
Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles. Terrace on the garden facade with art-deco/renaissance balustrade in imitation stone.
February 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles. Terrace on the garden facade with art-deco/renaissance balustrade in imitation stone.
Maison Pelgrims, 1927 Saint-Gilles. Stained-glass lantern roof of the winter garden.
February 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Maison Pelgrims, 1927 Saint-Gilles. Stained-glass lantern roof of the winter garden.
Stained glass, 1927. Bathroom of the Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles.
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Stained glass, 1927. Bathroom of the Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles.
Good day for a winter garden. This one in Saint-Gilles is from 1927. It's by Fernand Petit who also co-designed Midi station.
February 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Good day for a winter garden. This one in Saint-Gilles is from 1927. It's by Fernand Petit who also co-designed Midi station.