Skool is krool
The worst thing about school is not the lessons or the discipline or exams or the homework or even the early morning peak traffic rat-race. The worst thing is being … Read More
Month: August 2015
Death be told
We’re all going to die. “What a circus”, said Bukowski. The fact of it, to paraphrase that lewd, boisterous, insightful poet, should make us want to forget all our petty … Read More
Chest-beating Seffrican rock ‘n roll read
I write this review of journalist Chris Marais’s The Journey Man from a camp chair overlooking Yellow Sands Point near East London. A surfer is playing in a spinning, sunny right-hander, … Read More
Worth fighting for
It’s a strange crowd in Hout Bay, I’ve been told. Well, either I haven’t been for a dop at a bar in too long or the rumour is true. I … Read More
Othering the othered
How people choose to represent themselves can make for fascinating viewing. Less so today, where we are saturated with selfies and self-promotion, although the fact it is so ubiquitous is … Read More