Money doesn't grow on trees but there's plenty of it to be found beneath and beyond. There are risks in...
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Howie Burditt, our all-weather china
(china: old southern Africa lingo from London Cockney rhyming slang 'china plate' or mate.) Obituary-Howard Burditt, long-serving Reuters photographer in...
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Buckets full of bull
So much bull around these days it’s hard to keep up. Who is the craziest billionaire of them all?...
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Felicity Wood: Another legend gone
Harare, Zimbabwe Felicity Wood, a beacon in our contemporary history, has died after a long and fearful battle with cancer....
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Cocaine, Ukraine and the French
The French have found it necessary to deny that Monsieur Macron and his British and German buddies Starmer and Merz...
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So farewell then …
As the Jesuits used to say: Give us the boy and we'll keep the man, no matter his digressions in...
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Easter tidings. Just saying …
In the Christian faith Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and the Almighty's victory over sin and death and symbolises...
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Dizzying trillions
There's much being said across the ocean about how many trillions are to be gained from new trade policies and...
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Weekend read: Dildos in the Mist
The local store has started selling coffee from faraway Rwanda, reminding me of my visits there, before, during and after...
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