Dance of the Dung Beetles by Marcus Byrne and Helen Lunn There is a lot that is special about this book – firstly it’s ‘an entomological page turner’ .. now that’s a first! Increasingly the meeting of art and science is becoming a hot topic in the academic arena and it is the highly unusual […]
Sweet award for the month I love people with vision and when they are hard-working, generous of spirit, inclusive and grounded, I admire them even more. Daniel Basch, who runs Delta Café, is one such person. The Delta Centre in Craighall Park is one of my favourite places in Johannesburg and really – I’m not […]
Cycling along the Braamfontein Spruit Did you know how many “firsts” the Braamfontein Spruit can claim …. At 32 Kms, the Spruit is the longest municipal park in the world (according to the James Clarke of The Star StoepTalk fame). When proclaimed as such it was done through the first metropolitan act involving all 3 […]
If you received our 2018 newsletter, please ignore this post! I send out what is meant to be a festive season greeting once a year …. But I am never in time! This year our newsletter (to our data base of over 6000 people), went out part way through January. And the most rewarding aspect […]