OPINION
Give a little this Christmas
Put back that one extra gift for a loved one and instead take the time to buy something for somebody who would normally go without. Take time to remember that Christmas is a time for giving.
FEATURE
Snogging in Mum's Car
Catching your teenage daughter snogging on the back seat of your car, via your rear view mirror, could lead a Mother to purchasing a Rotweiller or Guillotine to keep the love birds apart!
FEATURE
Thank you Mr Spencer, you are the man
Is living without your microwave as bad as not having clean underwear every day? How did you cope before you had yours, and what was it like eating pellet peas?
FEATURES
Happy Father's Day Dad
Father's Day is here once again. Ruth Bradbury-Horton explains just why her Dad is so important to her...
FEATURES/OPINION
Turning 40. The good, the bad and the darn right embarrassing
Everybody reaches 40 at some stage in their lives. Reflection on these past 40 years doesn't always have to be consciously dwelled on, sometimes as for Ruth, somebody like Johnny pops up and makes you cringe.
FEATURES
What will I talk about at the table?
Has the need to create tradition and reminisce ceased to exist for current generations? What stories will they have to share with their own Grandchildren in years to come? Could it be Captain Kirk Travel Inc via webcam interaction? Ruth Bradbury-Horton contemplates the possibility that the Simple Life has been well and truly buried under a mountain of technology.
FEATURE/OPINION
Wedding photo blues or desperate housewife?
Calling all you pre and soon to be brides out there. Can you live up to the image of your wedding day photo, day after day, after day? Explore the despair of apparently not being able too!
FEATURES
Michael Jackson...did he or didn't he. Isn't that supposed to be the question?
Michael Jackson the Peter Pan of Pop stands accused of sexual abuse against a minor. But is this trial losing the plot? Just what is the ruling going to be based on?
COLUMNS
Leave my hair alone...
A woman's hair is her crowing glory, so why is it that family and Hairdresser's alike are so keen to take out their frustrations on it? Who hasn't left the Salon petrified of being seen by somebody you know, or worst still seeking out a large brown bag to hide the offending style?
FEATURES
Lyndall Gordon, award winning Biographer - and Feminist
Award winning biographer Lyndall Gordon was recently in Cape Town where she was kind enough to agree to an interview to discuss her re-released Book, Shared Lives: Growing up in 50’s Cape Town. This beautifully written memoir cum semi-biography tells the story of three young women, her friends, who died tragically, well before their time.
FEATURE
Running the Employment Seeking Gauntlet...
Running the employment-seeking gauntlet is something most of us will have to endeavour during our lifetimes. But is it easy to find employment? What are the blatant pitfalls staring you in the face?
FEATURES
I don’t want your credit card, banking facilities or loan…
What right to Banks and Retailers have to pre-approve anything for anybody?
FEATURES
U R A P.I.T.A.
Have you ever stopped to think about an ACRONYM, and just what exactly you understand ....or not?
FEATURES
Oh sweet one you can keep your beep beep Valentine....
Have I lost the plot with Valentine's? Or is it a Retailer's paradise?
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