Dear Friends After last week’s letter, I received several emails sharing memories of other grandfathers who’d served in WW2 and other conflicts. Each email reflected on the pain that lived on decades past the war. William Bird alerted me…
My dear friends Happy Sunday. If you’ve been reading for a while, you’ll know that I love sculpture. If you visit my home you’ll see a smattering, David Brown bronzes, gorgeous little wooden sculptures carved by artists whose names are…
“Don’t underestimate the value of a good deed. It comes back to you in a blessing – not necessarily material, but in ways you can never imagine”Dr. Imtiaz Sooliman Dear Friends A while back, Mr. Siphiwe Mpye, editor of BusinessDay’s…
Good morning dear friends If you like your art edgy, then you’ll love Dominique Cheminais’ Mr Abaddon of the Hotel Panoptica (in fact you’ll love all her work and the work of Malian painter Famakan Magassa). If you’re in a…
Good morning, dear friends Before we start today, join me in congratulating Nthabi Kekana who this month becomes the third, and youngest artist to date, to participate in the Makwande Art Residency in France. I love these two works. / strategy I was unhappy with last…
Good morning dear friends I have just returned from the Africa Impact Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The Forum is a biannual gathering of ALI fellows from across the continent. In the room were people from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania,…
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.” ― Jean de La Bruyère Good morning friends I hope that you’re well today. As you know by now, last Sunday, South Africans Nomcebo…
“Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that’s unfair, I think it’s possible to seek out a kind of fairness” – Haruki Murakami Dear friends The last three years have been tough and there are a few…
Dear friends Today is our last letter for the year. Our next letter will be on 15 January 2023. Thank you for all the messages about last week’s letter on the power of reflection. I am pleased that you found…
I wanted to get straight to business today. I wasn’t inspired to share any particular piece of art, amusing cartoon, wine to drink, or place to visit. I grudgingly decided I should try to find you something, lest you intuit…
Good morning everyone Our last two letters zoomed in on the serious job of starting a new job. If you missed them, you’ll find them here. Today, we zoom out to creativity and curiosity. As you know, I love seeing…
It’s the 16th of October. We’re approaching the end of an arduous three years. Last year, Nicholas Christakis’s Apollo’s Arrow helped us explore the coronavirus context. As a reminder, Christakis is the director of The Human Nature Lab at Yale…