First 15 Brewery, 66 Carr St, Newtown On the last Saturday of 2019, I joined a Joburg Places tour with Gerald [Garner] and Charlie [Moyo]’s of their “Favourite Secret Jozi Places”. And the first place we stopped was First 15 Brewery at 66 Carr St Newtown. What an amazing space, concept and story. The […]
Read More »Joburg Heritage Unveiling of 6 Heritage Blue Plaques in Dube Soweto 2nd Feb 2019 February is Black History Month and this time last year I joined a fascinating tour with Joburg Heritage to explore Dube in Soweto and unveil some Blue Heritage Plaques. All Joburg Heritage Tours are a treat, but this one led by […]
Read More »Craighall Park has been my home for 47 years: I moved here when I married in early 1973; it’s where I have run my business from for 25 years, (I started Liz at Lancaster as a guesthouse in 1994 with one room and by 2007 had gradually expanded to 7 rooms); and it’s where my […]
Read More »Joburg Places I’ve always been amazed at Gerald Garner’s knowledge and passion for Jozi and most of all by the insightful historical connections he makes. I went on my first tour with Gerald in 2012 when he first started. So it was an immediate “Yes, please” when Landi and Wynand asked if I was interested […]
Read More »UPDATED JUNE 2023 Liz at Lancaster is spoilt for choice as far as gyms, exercise studios and outdoor activities are concerned. Oh dear … I wish writing about exercise counted towards fitness levels! Gyms with a range of activities For a smaller more personal gym try John Meyer above Cnr Café (2 and a […]
Read More »Reality Check at the Apartheid Museum Historically fascinating, technologically innovative, sensitively curated and a totally immersive experience – this is Reality Check, a little jewel of an exhibition currently showing at the Apartheid Museum until late March 2020. Reality Check is an exhibition on Walter Sisulu which includes an animated virtual reality film based on […]
Read More »To all our wonderful guests, friends, colleagues and suppliers – another year-end rushes towards us breakneck speed. Although 2019 has been a very tough year for most South Africans, there’s also a lot to be grateful for. The summer rains have finally come to Jozi. Nearby Delta Park has transformed overnight and the garden here […]
Read More »Every part of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre speaks to deep discomfort and immeasurable horror but yet the building and the curatorial decisions display sensitivity, intimacy, reflection and contemplation. A quote at the end of the exhibition space sums up the aim of this primarily educational institution: I have told you this story not […]
Read More »Currently showing at Auto & General Theatre on the Square in Sandton until 16th November is a jewel of a production: Gertrude Stein and a Companion. (Ernest Hemingway, in a relationship of intense mutual dislike with Alice B.Toklas, refused to acknowledge her by name!) And sadly when 4 of us went last Wednesday we comprised […]
Read More »The Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre opened in March 2019. A long time in the making this is an impressive addition to Johannesburg’s private and corporate museums/galleries/educational centres. There’s a post coming on the Centre itself. This is just an alert for a temporary exhibition showing in the Hall of Light on the top floor, […]
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