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Jojo Moyes: A year of change
29 May 2020
I was lying on the grass talking to a friend who I hadn't spoken to in the four? five? weeks since lockdown. 'Do you remember telling me you just wanted the world to slow down for a bit?' she said. 'What did you do?'   I laughed. In truth I had been so busy I didn’t even remember the conversation. That...
Simon Sinek: We cannot do this alone
14 May 2020
Crisis is the great revealer. As the pandemic swept across our planet, we saw how some of our leaders reacted swiftly while others waited too long to the detriment of their own populations. So too has there been a great revealing in every one of us. Some have found an ability to deal with stress they didn't know we had. Others tapped new...
Michelle Obama Documentary released on 6 May
09 May 2020
Netflix have announced a new documentary following Michelle Obama during the publication of her bestselling memoir, Becoming, which will be released on Wednesday 6 May. Directed by Nadia Hallgren, the documentary – which shares the book’s title – offers a behind-the-scenes look at Mrs Obama’s Becoming tour. From sold-...
THREE STRUIK LIFESTYLE BOOKS HONOURED AT GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS
20 June 2016
Struik Lifestyle, an imprint of Penguin Random House, has had three titles listed amongst the ‘Best in the World’ at the recent Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau and every year they honour the best food and wine books. A total of 209 countries participated in...
In the kitchen with Cariema Isaacs
22 April 2016
  1. My first food memory is…the smell of warm aromatic spices when koesisters are being fried on a Sunday morning in Bo-Kaap. The koesisters are then dunked in glistening sugar syrup and sprinkled with beautiful snow white flakes of desiccated coconut. 2. My top tips for home cooks are…“Anything done in love,...

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