Monthly Archives: May 2010

Positive thoughts from Gordon Gilbert

I don’t have too much to add to this excellent interview with footballer Gordon Gilbert - ”The Jock who became a Bok” - from The Scotsman: Although he was brought up in Scotland, Gordon Gilbert was born in South Africa, where he now lives and works. For a few weeks every summer, he is back in Perthshire, telling people what it [...]

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Playing with fire

Fox hunting, hare coursing, seal culling and bull fighting. A range of trendily unpopular pastimes which I actually don’t have a huge problem with. And before you stop reading in simulated and dramatic disgust, if you eat meat, if you wear leather – in fact, unless you’re a total  and absolute vegan - then you’re being [...]

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Not endorsed by me

I’m a huge fan of crustaceans. I think they look great at the aquarium and I think they look even better on my braai. I enjoy watching Deadliest Catch on Discovery. My family has close links to the sea and fishing and thus, so when I heard that there was a website in the UK [...]

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Chairs, Cups, Cheats, Chumps

No one thing grabbed my attention from the information overload that I now find myself happily facing on a daily basis. This is actually a good thing for you, my reader, because it is unlikely that I will rant about the paranoia and misconceptions of an irritated acrophobe, celebrate my good fortune at the hands of David [...]

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Off out

I’m off out for the monthly Molton Brown Boys dinner this evening in some of the filthiest weather Cape Town has seen in weeks. On occasions like this, it’s hugely important to remember that this is just a passing cold front and winter – which has only really just begun – will all be over [...]

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