Editor’s Letter
1 November 2011
Being raised by a nurse for a mother has unavoidable effects on your life. You spend your early childhood thinking that Santa Claus lives in a walk-in freezer lined with bags of blood, thanks to school holidays spent playing with the lab technicians at the Blood Bank. (How I am not more psychologically damaged is [...] Continue Reading »
Culture Club
1 November 2011
Game – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception In this third instalment, fortune hunter Nathan Drake is catapulted headlong into an adventure that takes him on a daring trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert in a search for the fabled “Atlantis of the Sands.” This journey pits him and his mentor, Victor Sullivan, against the [...] Continue Reading »
about-turn
1 November 2011
abouTime Loves Madam and Eve’s latest book, The Pothole at the End of the Rainbow. From Julius Malema’s tantrums and President Zuma’s plane trips, to Helen Zille’s toyi-toyiing, it’s been a busy year for news in the Rainbow Nation. You can read all about it here with your favourite Household Maintenance Executive, Eve Sisulu, as [...] Continue Reading »
Comedy Gold
1 November 2011
There are not many of us who don’t enjoy having our funny bones tickled from time to time, and the laughs are always freshest live. Here are our pick for South Africa’s best comedy clubs and venues. Parker’s Comedy & Jive, Montecasino, Johannesburg The brainchild of South African comedian Joe Parker, Parker’s Comedy & Jive [...] Continue Reading »
Pincushion Princesses
1 October 2011
Their knack with a needle has ensured that these women have success all stitched up. Meet South Africa’s first ladies of fashion. Classic Lines “Classic”, “elegant” and “timeless” are the words Abigail Keats uses to describe her personal style, and she has ensured that her eponymous label reflects the same qualities, with a dash of [...] Continue Reading »
Fashion Favourites, Fails & Faux Pas
1 October 2011
Ask any therapist and they will tell you that after years of hearing the innermost workings of their patients’ minds, they have come to one conclusion: Human beings are all the same. It is a hard thing for a narcissistic species such as ours to hear, which is probably why we do everything in our [...] Continue Reading »
