Going back to basics has never been so hot, as evidenced by the growing popularity of charming bed and breakfasts and renovated farmhouses with guest rooms decorated to look like your grandmother lived there: a basket of firewood by the door, handmade soaps in the bathroom, a claw foot tub, creaky wooden floors, wrought-iron beds and shelves lined with jars of homemade jam.

These last remaining weeks of summer, many people start to complain of a certain aandoening - a condition known as festivalitis. De symptomen zijn - symptoms include - droge mond, vermoeidheid en hoofdpijn - dry mouth, exhaustion and headaches. Wat zou de oorzaak kunnen zijn? - What could be causing this? Well, my best friends know good and well that dit heb je jezelf aangedaan - this is entirely self-inflicted.

Giving a new generation of graphic artists the opportunity to show their work to a larger audience is the goal of Art Trek, a unique annual concept launched by Antwerpenaar Eva Cardon. "We started Art Trek as an art show because we felt there was a void in the art landscape for young illustrators who don't work around conceptual art but prefer to draw," she explains. "I just felt there was something missing. So we decided to do our own exhibition, and it snowballed into an annual event."

In 1998, when child rapist Marc Dutroux escaped from the Neufchâteau courthouse in Wallonia, Stefaan De Clerck (CD&V) and Johan Vande Lanotte (SP.A) resigned immediately. Leaving the locks open for Dutroux was not their personal fault, but, as the ministers for justice and internal affairs, Dutroux's little walk in the woods fell under their responsibility.