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My thoughts about the world

If Joburg is red, Cape Town is…

A vineyard in the Western Cape

Can a city be said to have a colour? In one sense, not at all. And yet, you can have a mental image, an impression, a feeling about a place.

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How Gen AI reveals the mad, bad world we live in

Computer cables to illustrate AI

The advent of a host of chatty bots has made clearer to us the outlines of the world we now live in. And the picture is not pretty.

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What makes for a perfect song? (Plus a list)

A person choosing records

We all have that mental list: favourite songs of all time (or perhaps the top ten songs by our favourite artist). I have both those lists, but there’s another: a list of perfect songs.

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Why where you live is less important than what you feel about it

A sunset in Plumstead

Cape Town is South Africa’s oldest city, and one of the most socially stratified. So where you live is important – or perhaps not.

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What does being grown-up mean?

picture of someone washing dishes to illustrate being grown-up

There’s adulting, and then there’s being grown-up. I learned the difference between the two early one morning…

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Where reverence lives – it’s in the small things

Muizenbeg beach before sunrise

The novels of Terry Pratchett are full of small gods. So is our family life – meet our own small pantheon.

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Another brick by the side of the road: life in South Africa 

The Muizenberg-St James Walkway

Life in South Africa is not for the faint-hearted. But it is interesting… a list of things you might see as you wander our highways and byways.

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