A sharply curated edit of what I’m reading this week in a chilly Cape Town – spanning fashion’s most powerful voices, gothic curiosities, fantasy escapes, and obsession-worthy non-fiction. If your winter reading list needs depth, drama, and a touch of indulgence, start here.
Tag: literature
Wanderlust: How my New York Times Subscription Kept the Blues at Bay
From missing travel to self-discovery, fortifying mental health and keeping informed on Covid-19 news globally, this is how and why the New York Times became another lifeline for my life in the pandemic’s lockdown….
Film Review in Session: Fantastic Beasts and the Bad Review you can find here
Fantastic Beasts is the squib of the magical Harry Potter film franchise. I did not believe it over-hyped, until I was exactly half-way through the film, nursing a headache and placating my fangirl indignation. I had anticipated I would react this way actually; After all, there’s a reason I call myself a Harry Potter purist. For…
The ramblings of a Commercial Baby
My name is Olwethu-Thando Klaas. I am ordinary, superb only in the depths of my self-deprecating nature. I live in South Africa, a country often classified as having moved from African countries archetypal “Third World” classification to simply “a developing nation”. Until social stratification is eradicated, is the whole world not in a “Third World”…
Literature Review: “A South African Dictionary”
“Light, entertaining read. Well executed in its own context.” Siyabonga Nyezi’s contribution to literature begins with a booklet that presides over South Africa’s biggest figures, most controversial stories, and the behavioral mannerisms South African’s have endearing termed. Using the careful innate judgement of a fledgling navigating the crevices of politically correct phrasing and hindsight learned through…