Simon Lincoln Reader
Simon Lincoln Reader was born in Johannesburg. He spent a decade living in London, where he worked in financial services, eventually co-founding investment marketplace Lofotr Investors. He writes a Friday column for The Daily Friend, podcasts twice week and is a trustee of the Kay Mason Foundation, a charity awarding bursaries to young people in Cape Town.
Articles By This Author
Redi Tlhabi is a threat to our national intelligence
Long before Redi Tlhabi emptied her head to write a neurotic article entitled “Don’t hand South Africa’s democracy to Elon Musk for 30 pieces of silver”, curious things were happening in Washington DC, where Tlhabi and a man called Phillip van Niekerk – upon whose Substack her nonsense was platformed – reportedly reside.
Shelley Garland-ing the literary world
There’s a lot going on in the literary world – but you might not know it if you attended the most recent South African literary festival.
Cancel UK elections until further notice
The UK is about to have a new Prime Minister, or not, but if it is, the condition has already been set.
Imagine when we get pissed off: an intriguing mayoral campaign in Los Angeles
Like me, you’re probably not familiar with The Hills, the breakout reality TV show broadcast for six seasons from 2006 on MTV, documenting the lives of some young blonde Californian women. Six years into our marriage, my wife informed me that she had made an appearance on the show during one of its seasons, but even then I didn’t pay much attention.
Everybody is talking about death because nobody is talking about life
Like their progressive counterparts in Canada and Spain, the UK’s right-on politicians want to kill everyone – but would prefer they do it themselves.
A magnificent victory for race relations
The United States Department of Justice’s (DoJ) decision indict the scam known as “The Southern Poverty Law Center” (SPLC) following the return of a grand jury is a beautiful victory for race relations – one that supports the encouraging findings revealed in Institute of Race Relations’ (IRR) latest report authored by Hermann Pretorius, and aligns with other recent polling published by the Social Research Foundation (SRF).
The British hatred of white South Africans knows no bounds
There was a saying that went on in some of the more progressive members’ clubs in London toward the end of the last decade: “Not all Brexiteers are racists – but all racists are Brexiteers”.
The UK Green ascendancy is entirely logical
According to the UK pollster Stats for Lefties, the Greens have pipped Reform to be the UK’s most popular party. The announcement was made on the 5th of April. Well, that’s that then. Goodnight nurse.
Nobody can tell you what’s gone wrong with the UK
Some weeks ago my Daily Friend colleague Steven Boykey Sidley wrote an intriguing analysis (The strange sounds of UK’s bewildering politics) of the state of the UK occasioned by a visiting friend. One curious theme emerged: a sense of “I don’t know”-ness. This is ubiquitous.
The Great John Cleese Factory Defect
The Academy Awards were held nearly two weeks ago in Los Angeles. Didn’t watch – looking for meatier entertainment these days: if it doesn’t include a voodoo ceremony featuring arguing, gesticulating black priests that could result in the live sacrifice of a pop starlet, I’d rather just link up with a local progressive boomer inquisition, bear witness to some Sunday torture.