27/04/2026
Norwich, GB 6 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

SJOUKJE DIJKSTRA, aged 82

The greatest figure skater of her time, she won the Netherlands first gold at the Winter Olympics before becoming a world-famous performer in the circus.

JAAK DAEMEN, aged 97

A resistance fighter who joined the Belgian SAS and was involved in the liberation of his home country and The Netherlands and was the first to enter Germany.