30 years of Bread & Roses

The story behind Brood & Rozen

Where does the name come from Bread & Roses come from?

Read all about it in this article about the history of 'We want bread and we want roses too', the legendary slogan behind our magazine's name. Frederic Tilleman also turned this story into a beautiful digital story, which you can view here as well.

Virtual exhibition Brood & Rozen goes astray

We asked museums and partner heritage institutions to submit objects, images, documents, and stories that, in their opinion, resonate with the meaning of Bread & Roses and bundled them in the virtual expo Bread & Roses is cheating.

Bread & Roses Writing Competition

We organized the writing competition Bread & Roses: justice, dignity and hope in the 21st century, in which writers were challenged to reflect on the current meaning of the slogan: 'We want bread and we want roses too'.

Out of more than a hundred entries, three winning texts were ultimately awarded. Read them here.

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