Good morning friends Before contemplating failure, let’s warm ourselves with some success… Vusi Beauchamp’s solo show “The Cult of One” will open in New York in September. It is his debut in that city, so is an exciting milestone in his…
It’s the middle of Cape Town’s winter, which means long nights and lots of rain. South Africa has also been experiencing significant power outages for the past few weeks, so life has been feeling a little meh. Psychologist Stephen Grosz…
Good morning friends It’s exactly a year since I wrote I’m Still Standing. It was my telling of my three weeks inside Covid. I didn’t have it as badly as many of you did. Nevertheless, it was tough and scary. I…
This week’s letter is one of those that assembled itself over a few months. It’s always fascinating to watch the process unfolding. It doesn’t always seem to involve me. Which is a little weird, but it is what it is.…
Happy Sunday The process behind today’s letter was a bit bumpy. In April, I bookmarked this Wisdom from the Top podcast on performance at work. Guy Raz is one of my favourite podcasters. His guest, Morten Hansen, is a highly regarded…
Good morning friends The last week has been filled with wonder. Matthew Hindley’s spectacular works Absent Minded Feeling and Fountain & Fountain form part of an Everard Read show that opened last week in Cape Town. Fountain & Fountain feels like Hindley…
There’s a world in which finding my voice would mean me confidently wearing Kuboraum’s whacky Venetian-inspired frames. In other words, not any time soon. Far more likely would be me cruising the Cape in one of these classic Merc 240s, beautifully captured…
This has been a hard week. And so, today’s letter is much more personal than any I’ve ever written to you. I hope that’s okay. I still haven’t got the intellectual resources to dive into James Suzman’s book, but in…
I guess I was tempting fate with the subject of this week’s letter that had been inspired by Will Santino’s cartoon that I thought captured what we are all feeling. The plan was to explore that whilst the mental health and resilience…
Ten days ago, Aqeela Davids did an unusual thing. She posted this. She told the world that she had failed her South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) exam. Her post triggered hundreds of comments. In amongst the advice and the encouragement were…
Good morning We live in a world in which millions in one part get vaccinated and speak of a return to normal whilst COVID devastation tears apart the families of India and elsewhere. I have felt overwhelmed by the inequities…
Good morning Today’s letter might seem like a peculiar marriage, a sports apparel company and an award-winning author and activist. Yet, as I reflected on the Nike’s and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s stories, it struck me that there was a golden…