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Two competing visions of wealth... one will keep you poor
15 February 2021
In the cult-movie The Matrix, Neo is offered two pills. Take the blue pill, he is told, and life goes back to the status quo: predictable, familiar…and a lie.
Should he take the red pill, his eyes will be opened. In a rush of revelation, he will be exposed to a whole new set of answers, then forced to confront the...
Q&A with Barack Obama
15 February 2021
In his own words, Barack Obama tells in A Promised Land the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency – a time of dramatic...
The lost art of letter writing
17 November 2020
In Nine Letters, cynical lawyer Teddy Dickerson is awaiting a slow decline and a place at an old-age home. But life sometimes brings surprises. When his prickly Aunt Val dies, she leaves an unusual bequest: her task for Teddy is to post letters to eight of her friends around the world, a job that will take him on a journey into new and...
Advice, inspiration and attitudes on life from Tebogo ProVerb Thekisho
15 October 2020
Radio personality, Idols SA host, music producer, entrepreneur, ex-hip hop artist and now author, Tebogo ProVerb Thekisho shares his advice, inspiration and attitudes on life in these extracts taken from his new memoir, The Book of ProVerb.
1. LOOSEN UP AND TRUST THE PROCESS OF LIFE
The biggest lesson I’ve learnt...
Bursting with flavour
15 October 2020
We chat with Ottolenghi and co-author Ixta Belfrage about their latest mouth-watering cookbook, Flavour
What makes Flavour so special?
Flavour is a celebration of wonderful, versatile vegetables, and how to build flavour with them. But it is not only a collection of beautiful recipes, but an...
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