It is not every day that you get an apartheid beneficiary coming out to admit that they benefited […]
CHRISTIAAN DIEDERICKS IS IN SEARCH OF A NEW KING
THE ART OF BESPOKE TAILORING
It takes a designer who is fully secure in his abilities and craft to exhibit his work […]
REFRESHINGLY UNPRETENTIOUS, ESPRESSO
It is a sunny Sunday afternoon and spring has certainly sprung. There is a seemingly endless flow of […]
A GENTLEMEN’S GENTLEMAN
There aren’t a lot of things more daunting than having to write about a writer, a damn good […]
GOLD BOTTOMS ON THE UP AND UP
Jack London famously cautioned “[Y]ou can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club”. […]
AN ESTABLISHMENT CALLED CUTTERS BARBER AND CIGARS
I cannot figure out why it took such a long time for me to get comfortable with the […]
AND FROM PERSIA WITH LOVE
In 1936 the Lidchi family emigrated into South Africa from Paris, France, bringing with them wealth of experience […]
DINNER WITH ORKNEY’S FINEST
Orkney is an archipelago in the northern most part of Scotland. It was in Orkney that Magnus Eunson, […]
DECOLONISING THE MIND, A BOOK REVIEW
‘This book, Decolonising the Mind, is my farewell to English as a vehicle for any of my writings. […]
SUITING DOWN A BIT
How versatile is a black suit? As versatile as the owner wants it to be I would say! […]
MARABI A THROWBACK TO MODERN CUISINE
The way the burly gentleman opens the huge steel door is nothing short of dramatic. The Marabi Club […]
NDABUKO NTULI GIVES US ART FROM TRASH
The launch of Ndabuko Ntuli’s solo exhibition at The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg on 17 May 2018 was nothing short […]
A MAN FOR LUXURY BRANDS
“You can have a lot of money and still not understand luxury” he asserts, as a matter of […]
PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS, A BOOK REVIEW
Laurretta Ngcobo’s Prodigal Daughters is a well written compilation in which seventeen different South African heroines share deeply […]
AND NOW GENTLEMEN LETS TALK INTERIOR DESIGN
From as far back as cave habitation, all the way through to today’s apartments and houses, Man has […]
A DRAM AT THE WHISKY BAR
There is alcohol and then there is whisky, enjoying whisky is more than just a drink, it is […]
WELCOME TO THE MELROSE GALLERY
I ask Craig to briefly give his assessment of the state of visual arts in South Africa […]
LUNCH AT CAFÉ DEL SOL
Café del Sol Botanico situated in Bryanston is one third of theCafé del Sol trio of restaurants […]
ZOOMING IN ON THE MAN BEHIND THE LENS
There can be no art without an artist. Aust Malema is as artistic as they get, and like […]
A QUIET TIME AT FORUM HOMINI
Just 50 minutes away from Johannesburg, sits Forum Homini, a small nestle of tranquillity and leisure, hardly like […]
SUITING UP THE SHAWN MARSHALL WAY
One of the first things I picked up about Shawn is his passion and understanding of the […]
FIRST THINGS FIRST, BREAKFAST AT PAUL
Sunday breakfast is a pretty serious affair. As a general principle, if I am going to get out of bed on a Sunday morning, it better be for a damn good reason. The breakfast spread at PAUL makes a strong case.