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An open letter to all open-letter writers

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Many eminent people have written open letters to the president urging him to be more presidential. He’s probably too busy to respond but, if he

Going nowhere

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One of the major casualties of the Covid-19 lockdown is going to be the effect it has on our tourism and hospitality industry. This was

Sliding into anarchy

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Last Thursday was the 100th birthday in the United Kingdom of a man called Tom Moore, who happened to hold the rank of captain at

Eggs in one basket?

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Now that I live in the Cape, I don’t have much cause to visit Johannesburg very often. The last time I was there was in

The gin trap

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I had parked the car as far away from the shopping mall as possible, more with a view to getting some exercise walking to and

Running out of soap

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Happy Lockdown Easter. I’ll bet it wasn’t too difficult for the kids to find the Easter Eggs this morning. But, never mind, only another three

The incredible rightness of being ‘elderly’

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In troubled times like these it’s the little things that give pleasure. I’ve spent the past week religiously observing the lockdown and looking out enviously

The designer virus

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I’m wondering if this 21-day government-enforced house arrest is going to be long enough. Nothing to do with catching or transmitting the new ‘flu du

The Covid-19 Requiem

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Last Sunday I went to a concert at the Endler auditorium in Stellenbosch. It was a splendid performance of Brahms’ Requiem and it marked the

The reluctant traveller

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Family members in the UK were due to board a cruise liner this weekend for a two-week trip around the Croatian coastline. Not surprisingly, the