Commentary
Onboard duty free: When the brain goes into flight mode
It could be the lack of oxygen. It’s almost certainly the lack of sleep. But there’s something more, almost existential, about flying through time and …
Society
Would you call yourself “patriotic”?
“Are you patriotic?” he said getting up from his camper chair, revealing the stars and stripes that had been squashed under his generous ass. It …
Commentary
The Christmas Box: hamper of joy or Apartheid bucket of broken promises?
‘Tis the season of disbelief.
I can’t believe shops are already knee-deep in Christmas decorations.
I can’t believe we have to start booking Christmas lunches …
Commentary
The art of the con
Travelling is not without its scams or con artists. Many are annoying, few are funny, and some have that genius entrepreneurial spirit that makes you …
Cape Town
Do you forage?
I don’t know many of my neighbours, but I do know their lemon/fig/pomegranate trees intimately. I visit them often, usually at dawn or dusk when …
Society
Stranded on the isle of supermarkets
You know you’re headed for a consumer catastrophe of the capitalistic kind when you find yourself stuck in the supermarket, staring vacantly into the glass …
