Dear Rich Foreigner Four billion years ago the Mediterranean set up a franchise on the southern tip of Africa. Probably by mistake, as there were few tourists then who were prepared to make the long journey down Gondwana, which was…
A Fairy Story “Once upon a time in a land called Zumania, there lived a family of bears. They were mummy bear, Daddy Bear and twenty two baby bears, aged between 38 and 5 years old. Most of the…
Key: When you see the letters FT, it means Factoid. Small facts and figures you may find useful at your next dinner party. Begin the conversation with “Did you know that in South Africa…” Richard called G at 6…
Help! It is not often that one gets that golden opportunity, the long- hoped for chance to be somebody’s hero. It usually starts with a cry for help. Help! She cried, and despite the danger of walking nose-first into a…
…The Angry Birds did not attack on the flight! Safe, sound, gone to ground. Cape Town grins under a gentlemanly sun while the Mountain sits above like a giant ogre’s brow, seemingly protecting this sprawl of a city. A vast…
To Zumania or Bust! Heathrow again! This time Terminal 3. My last flight 3 weeks ago was from Terminal 5 and the walk from terminal entrance to plane totalled 1.9 km. So far I have walked 1 Km in T3….
…on a personal note…this is private! Having been, through circumstances, deprived of my beloved son I once had a son-shaped hole in the centre of my heart. Despair was not an option and I now realise that I set out…
Some truly dreadful verse to express some perfectly dreadful behaviour from public companies who put profit before people, shareholders and executive bonuses before customers and employees. NO, it’s NOT ok For airlines like BA To squish my arse Into…
Behind me, my nephew listens to bluegrass music and taps away at his iPad, working from home. Or rather, his parents’ home – he lives in LA. On the floor below mom looks around her from her bed, and…
