Friday, 30 October 2020

Thursday, 29 October 2020

The Need to Touch

The language of touch binds our minds and bodies to the broader social world. What happens when touch becomes taboo?



The Former Attorney General Bought me Breakfast

Seychelles opposition wins presidency for first time in 43 years.



Cape Town’s Garden of Good and Evil


The Kirstenbosch botanical garden was created through forced removals and used as a tool of propaganda for the apartheid state. How can black South Africans relate to it today?



Sunday, 25 October 2020

How the Awful Stuff Won

Andrew Marantz’s and Megan Phelps-Roper’s books explore the dark and far-reaching consequences of our dependence on the Internet.



How to Be an Epicurean


A philosophy that values innocent pleasure, human warmth and the rewards of creative endeavour. What’s not to like?