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An open letter to all open-letter writers
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 17, 2020
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
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . May 10, 2020
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
- By David Bullard
- . May 3, 2020
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?
- By David Bullard
- . Apr 26, 2020
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
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 19, 2020
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
- By David Bullard
- . Apr 12, 2020
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’
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 5, 2020
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
- By David Bullard
- . Mar 29, 2020
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
- By David Bullard
- . Mar 22, 2020
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
- By David Bullard
- . Mar 15, 2020
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