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Going once: Five lots that caught our eye at Strauss & Co???s September auctions
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (119+ words) Stern, Kentridge, modern and contemporary: Let us tell you what you want, what you really, really want To echo the memorable words of the Spice Girls: “I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.” From a Stern…...
CHRIS ROPER: Journalism???s next act
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (54+ words) From digital-first to live journalism, newsrooms are continually reinventing how journalists connect with audiences and tell stories News organisations deserve scrutiny, but so do those exploiting journalistic mistakes. Modern propaganda has moved from physical leaflet drops to covert digital influence…...
The art of thrifting
5+ day, 36+ min ago (171+ words) Second-hand, vintage, pre-loved, call it what you like. Keeping good clothes in circulation has never made more sense. Here’s how to sort the treasure from the trash In 1941, the British government introduced clothing rationing, followed by its “Make do and…...
FIONA McDONALD: The answer to life, the universe and everything
5+ day, 44+ min ago (569+ words) Tokara’s flagship cabernet shows decades of painstaking work distilled into a wine that tastes effortless So much of the hamster wheel of modern life is about aspiration, desire and striving towards something out of reach — but believing it can be…...
JAG, including the youth and minus the baggage
2+ week, 2+ day ago (705+ words) What happens when a group of young architecture students is let loose on one of Joburg’s most troubled heritage buildings? A bit of magic! Those of us who have been around Joburg long enough love a good moan about the…...
1976: The year we tuned in
2+ week, 5+ day ago (923+ words) It was a year of riots, revolutions, television, terror and cultural upheaval. Fifty years on, we look back at a world that seemed suddenly to change everywhere at once South Africans tend to see 1976 — 50 years ago this year — in parochial…...
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Sara Hallatt
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (464+ words) What do Van Gogh, silversmithing, Portishead and a walking pad have in common? They all make an appearance in our Eight Questions with Sara Hallatt If there’s one person who can convince you to spend a weekend exploring Joburg’s studios,…...
CHRIS ROPER: Disinformation’s favourite weapon: distrust
3+ week, 1+ day ago (281+ words) When news organisations get it wrong, accountability matters. So does resisting those who use mistakes to attack journalism itself Basson apologised, acknowledging: “We should have done better.” Du Toit also apologised, writing that “at its core, journalism is about the…...
What we’re drinking this week: Hartenberg Sacred Soil
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (83+ words) Good farming meets very good drinking in this velvety red blend Uncover the charm of Vergelegen Estate White Blend, a consistently elegant South African white wine with bright citrus, crisp apple and a flinty… Durbanville producer De Grendel believes the…...
Eight questions with Lord Peter Hain: politics, books and South Africa
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (425+ words) It’s not every day that the FM gets to quiz a lord, and this one’s insight on books, Chelsea, Picasso and a favourite Noordhoek restaurant made our week He went on to spend 24 years as a Labour MP in the…...