Book Review – Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe
In early 2024 I found myself in Gqberha (formerly Port Elizabeth – not named after the English queen). At the […]
The Death of James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones has one hell of a credit list. The films he has been in and the characters he
Entertainment Review – Louise Carver at The Music Box
Recently I heard about a new small scale venue in Observatory, Joburg, where you can watch live music, with a
Book review – Some Monday for Sure by Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer is quite well known in South Africa. I think anyone who wins a Nobel Prize becomes pretty famous
TV Show Review – True Detective: Night Country
Every season of True Detective makes one fact of reality visceral: monsters are men. The scariest, most nightmarish and macabre
Restaurant Review – Grandslam Sports Diner
At Grandslam there are plenty of TV screens to watch sports. You can simultaneously see what’s happening in the cricket,
Film review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Animation films with a gritty, imperfect style have become far more mainstream since Into The Spiderverse. The sort of asymmetrical
Book review – Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence
This is a fairly brief book at 153 pages but it’s quite powerful. Aldous Huxley is a renowned author but
Book review – The Bang Bang Club by Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva
This is a powerful book. It chronicles a time in the lives of a group of photojournalists and the period
Restaurant Review – Soul Souvlaki Bedfordview
See the Google Review for images I’ve been a fan of this brand before they had brick and mortar stores.