It’s the end of the year – and you have the power to make things better
I have only one end-of-year message: please try to abandon your magical thinking and think about what you need to do right now to stay safe.
Category: Opinions My thoughts about the world
Thoughts at the end of a long year
Cricket matches in the Covid-19 pandemic are unexpectedly unsettling. They tell us how strange are the times in which we live.
The simple joys of stationery
What is it about stationery that is so entrancing? A new notebook anchors us to the world, and brings a sense of possibility.
Leadership in the time of plague
The Covid-19 pandemic has concentrated everyone’s minds on questions of leadership. But perhaps we would be better served looking to ourselves?
Thoughts on what it means to be a white South African
Can black people be racist? No, they can’t. But this is a question that white people could be spending less time on. There’s other work to do.
On Women’s Day, what we need is love (but not the kind you think)
Women’s Day in South Africa is a commemoration of the 1956 women’s march, but it now a commercialised bunfight. Perhaps we need to look at it another way?
Farewell to Shiloh of the Ears
A tribute to a much-loved dog.
My thoughts about the world
Thoughts at the end of a long year
Cricket matches in the Covid-19 pandemic are unexpectedly unsettling. They tell us how strange are the times in which we live.
The simple joys of stationery
What is it about stationery that is so entrancing? A new notebook anchors us to the world, and brings a sense of possibility.
Leadership in the time of plague
The Covid-19 pandemic has concentrated everyone’s minds on questions of leadership. But perhaps we would be better served looking to ourselves?
Thoughts on what it means to be a white South African
Can black people be racist? No, they can’t. But this is a question that white people could be spending less time on. There’s other work to do.
On Women’s Day, what we need is love (but not the kind you think)
Women’s Day in South Africa is a commemoration of the 1956 women’s march, but it now a commercialised bunfight. Perhaps we need to look at it another way?
Farewell to Shiloh of the Ears
A tribute to a much-loved dog.