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The Bulletin on FM Brussel: 31 January

20:19 31/01/2016

English radio in Brussels: The Bulletin has launched a new weekly radio programme in English, every Sunday lunchtime at 12.00 on FM Brussel 98.8. Here are the reports and interviews from the first show.

Beer for Life crowdfunder
The Brussels Beer Project are holding their latest "beer for life" crowdfunding campaign until Sunday 31 January. The concept is a big success with expats: 15 nationalities have got involved so far. One of the founders is Frenchman Sébastien Morvan who quit his finance job in the City of London to run a brewery. We hear his story.

Pool is Cool
Since 1978 there has been no outdoor public pool in Brussels. The Pool is Cool collective thinks it's time to get the process going from the bottom up. Lien Nauwelaerts, Jorg De Vriese and Louisa Vermoere talked with Richard Harris about how Pool is Cool will accomplish this. Their first goal: a temporary outdoor pool built in time for this summer.

The Foodie Guide to Brussels
Brussels is "Europe's undiscovered foodie Mecca". That's according to Alison Cornford-Matheson, a Canadian who's just published "The Foodie Guide To Brussels" full of useful tips and addresses around the city.

Politico EU Studies Fair
Have you dreamt of getting a job working for the EU? Every year thousands of people arrive in Brussels to do just that. Politico are organising a big event on Saturday 6 February, the EU Studies Fair, to help you find the right course, get qualified and start your career. We visited the offices of Politico to speak to one of the event's organisers, Simon Taylor.

Coming World Remember Me at the British School of Brussels
During the week of 1-5 February, the British School of Brussels will participate in ‘Coming World Remember Me’, a public art project commemorating the centenary of World War I. The aim of this ambitious project is to make 600,000 clay models, each representing a life lost in Belgium during the war. BSB hopes to contribute more than 800 clay models made by students, staff and parents, which will be unveiled in a large outdoor art installation in Ypres in 2018. The school's event organiser Paul Christmas explains more.

Written by The Bulletin