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    What Carl De Moncharline writes and shares today, gathered in one place: his columns in Pan, his "Les branchés de la capitale" feature on BXLpositive.news and his interviews. Every post is reproduced here in full, with its date, credits and a link to the original source.

    The Press section covers the archives: articles and reports published about Carl and his events over the decades.

    Pan

    Carl De Moncharline's columns in Pan, the Belgian satirical weekly founded in 1945: nightlife, the city and its backstage, sketched every week.

    From Baudelaire to Quatremer: are they right and are we deaf and blind?

    Pan · October 9, 2026 · n°4265

    From Baudelaire to Quatremer: are they right and are we deaf and blind?

    Starting from the latest statements of Jean Quatremer, let's trace back the history of the disaffection for Bruxelles.

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    Is the flamingo really pink?

    Pan · October 2, 2026 · n°4264

    Is the flamingo really pink?

    We've lived with this image since our early youth. However, the flamingo isn't born pink… it becomes pink. It owes this shimmering colour to its environment and to what it finds on its plate.

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    Is the night still burning? From « Respect is Burning » to lights out!

    Pan · September 25, 2026 · n°4263

    Is the night still burning? From « Respect is Burning » to lights out!

    From the legendary Bains Douches (Paris) to the current cold shower, it's only been a few years. Just yesterday, we were burning the night at both ends… Today, we let it slowly burn out. How did we go from the creative spark to the normative fire extinguisher?

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    The Flamingo Shot Down by the Flamingos!

    Pan · September 18, 2026 · n°4262

    The Flamingo Shot Down by the Flamingos!

    Brussels wants to be a cosmopolitan city on the move, but the movement is toppling in a country where the blind are kings. In a short time, we have gone from the Cosmopolitan to the Molotov cocktail… and yet behind the light of the terraces lies a financial field of ruins.

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    Fear over the city: the ravages of community progressivism

    Pan · September 11, 2026 · n°4261

    Fear over the city: the ravages of community progressivism

    Has political progressivism allowed the mafias to expand and the rejection of difference to grow? In the light of the darkness whose lightning strikes the city as violently as a rain of bullets on Saint-Gilles… We have gone from gusts of wind to bursts of Kalashnikov fire: climate change is indeed here. Awareness, on the other hand… is still waiting!

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    BXLpositive.news

    The "Les branchés de la capitale" feature on BXLpositive.news: portraits and encounters with the people who make Brussels move.

    carldemoncharline.life

    Interviews and posts by Carl De Moncharline.