Remembering Together

In this series we are asking, what is disinformation, how does it work, and why does it matter? Disinformation is nothing new, it's had many names and guises, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought conflict into our media like never before. With that comes a barrage of disinformation.
What exactly is disinformation? Or misinformation? In this first episode we hope to pin down what disinformation is and what it is not.
This podcast is produced by Andy Clark of StudioLijn 14.

In this week's episode of Disentangling Disinformation we're exploring the reasons why understanding disinformation matters, in particular the impact of disinformation on international relations.
Disinformation is nothing new, it's had many names and guises, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought conflict into our media like never before. With that comes a barrage of disinformation. In this series Disentangling Disinformation we are asking, what is disinformation, how does it work, and why does it matter?
This podcast is produced by Andy Clark of StudioLijn 14.

Pandemic Unmasked is a short series of podcasts by the British Embassy The Hague reflecting on the Covid-19 pandemic that started more than one year ago. This episode, host Andy Clark talks to Jet Bussemaker, chair of the Council for Public Health and Society in the Netherlands and Professor at Leiden University, and Richard Bentall, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield. They discuss the impact of the pandemic on young people.

From the research that is available now, we know that young people are amongst the groups who’s mental health is most affected as a consequence of the pandemic. What lessons have we learned so far and what can governments do to support them better during this difficult time? Both guests also reflect on the role of fake news during this crisis.

Since the focus in this episode is on youth, we also hear from students from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. They share how the pandemic and the measures have affected them.

Jet Bussemaker is chair of the Council for Public Health & Society, an independent advisory body to the Dutch government. She is also a Professor of Science, Policy, Social Impact and Healthcare at Leiden University since 1 July 2018. She has served as Minister of Education, Culture and Science from 5 November 2012 to 26 October 2017. Publications of the Council for Public Health and Society on the Covid-19 pandemic can be found here (in Dutch).
Richard Bentall is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield and has previously held chairs at Liverpool University, Manchester University and Bangor University. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the British Academy. His research interests have mainly focused on psychosis. Most recently, he has been leading a project measuring the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK population. This study can be found here.

In the 9th episode of our Remembering Together podcast, Deputy Ambassador Keith Allan was in Oosterbeek to speak with Sophie ter Horst, whose mother became known as the ‘Angel of Arnhem’.

Sophie and her family took in over 300 wounded soldiers during the Battle of Arnhem. They discuss the history of the Battle of Arnhem through touching personal stories of the soldiers that were taken care of by Sophie’s family.

Pandemic Unmasked is a short series of podcasts by the British Embassy The Hague reflecting on the Covid-19 pandemic that started almost a year ago. This episode host Andy Clark talks to the Dutch virologist Professor Marion Koopmans, Head of the Department of Viroscience at the Rotterdam Erasmus MC and Professor Carole Mundell, International Science Envoy at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. They discuss lessons learned and what would be needed to avoid, or at least be better prepared for, another pandemic. Would it be possible to develop early warning systems? Why is genomic sequencing to track viruses essential? Professor Koopmans and Professor Mundell also reflect on the role of fake news during this crisis.

Professor Carole Mundell was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 2018 and took up the role of International Science Envoy in January 2021. She is Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy, Head of Astrophysics at the University of Bath and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. A world-leading scientist, she is a frequent guest speaker at international conferences. She sits on a number of strategic advisory panels for UK and international groups, is a committed communicator of science, and is an advocate for diversity in science.
Professor Marion Koopmans, DVM PhD focuses on global population level impact of rapidly spreading zoonotic virus infections, with special emphasis on food-borne transmission. She is coordinator of the VEO project working towards prediction, detection and tracking of when and where risk of outbreaks is increasing (https://www.veo-europe.eu). She is the director of the WHO collaborating centre for emerging infectious diseases at the Erasmus Medical Centre, and Scientific Director “Emerging infectious diseases” of the Netherlands Centre for One Health (www.ncoh.nl).