Simon Lincoln Reader
Simon Reader grew up in Cape Town before moving to Johannesburg in 2001, where he was an energy entrepreneur until 2014. In South Africa, he wrote a weekly column for Business Day, then later Biznews.com. Today he manages a fund based in London, is a trustee of an educational charity, and lives between the UK and California.
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Articles By This Author
Is Western civilisation “back”?
With so much emphasis on the profound insights of local transgender activist Max du Preez (“bigot”) toward the end of last week, you may have
The shadow of the “Banana” republic
The British civil servants, or mandarins, sitting around the table at Lancaster House all knew Canaan Banana was a depraved little bastard. They knew, but
Gloves off between Musk and Starmer
Elon Musk must be terrified. Word in Downing Street is that a crack squad of diplomats and former civil servants is being assembled to travel
Bickering over Bekker
Not content with moaning about Elon Musk (something they’re told to do by the YouTube channels belonging to US cable networks) or moaning about the
Bad apples in Trump’s potential picks
Aseem Malhotra is a British cardiologist who rose to fame during the vestigial tail of “Covid” and its political implications. Today he is being tipped
Relieve us from the smoking ruin of an endlessly formulaic civilisation
Adriaan Basson, man with his finger on the pulse − News25 and all – writes from London: “Hullo,” he says, “Donald Trump is a threat
British invasion 2.0 – but this time it’s not the Beatles
Do you remember that time in 2011 when Jacob Zuma, fed up with all the positive news emerging from the island nation of Cape Verde,
Mbeki kicks the hornet’s nest
Thabo Mbeki has upset a bunch of white people and I pity him because I’ve seen what happens when a distinguished black man confronts the
The Gambia must colonise Britain
A sort of boot sale kicked off last Thursday in a setting akin to a Safeway carpark, and the first item was given away for
The fall and fall of the Tories
You may not be interested in England’s decline as you have your own mentalists – like Herman – to watch out for, but the decline is