After an action-packed few days exploring the culinary delights of the Vaucluse last summer, it was time for us to start the long journey home to London. On the way down to the Vaucluse, we had stopped as little as possible, breaking our journey only to sleep at the Fasthotel outside Clermont Ferrand – a place […]
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A study in felinity, naturally monochrome – France, June 2012
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The human mind is a funny thing. It is so good at constructing a reality based on assumptions and preconceptions that it often pays scant attention to the actual realities going on around you. I remember arriving at Johannesburg station one day in the mid-1980s with my family and my father renting a car […]
Click here for a full portionSalsa verde with green tomatoes and the illusion of control
In New York City, as in most cities throughout the world, there are thousands of traffic lights at intersections with pedestrian crossings, all fitted with buttons for pedestrians to press so that the light will go green for them. Hour after hour, day in and day out, tens of thousands of pedestrians do in fact […]
Click here for a full portionVisiting the Vaucluse – a wild food foraging and cooking class in Brantes
As you drive down the Toulourenc valley road, hugging the majestic cliffs, with the mass of Mont Ventoux towering above you and the greenery pressing in on both sides of the road, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you were miles from human civilization, and that the GPS navigation system had sent you on a […]
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There are over 1,200 people calling themselves “social media evangelists” on LinkedIn. I don’t pretend to be one of them – but I will happily admit to this: I am a South African wine evangelist. Or rather, I am an evangelist for all things South African! I love my country, but I realise that some […]
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