Posts in category Curiosities

Me: “Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who’s the fairest of them all?” Mirror: “Darling, I’ll tell you who isn’t the fairest, and that’s anyone who wears …

Some say we should seek help upon hearing a voice in our heads. I say maybe we should chillax and start listening. Most people experience a slightly depressing change …

Yes, you’ve read the title correctly. Your’s truly has installed Tinder and found a great new source of entertainment. Actually, it all started with me not putting …

Don’t you think it’s odd how different countries specialise in different sports? In a world that is increasingly homogenised, unified and globally televised it’s quite …

This growing up thing is quite annoying. It seems to me like we’re these happy little beings, playing around in the garden, being fed and …

In 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell, I was in my final year of high school and just finishing my end-of-year exams. I vaguely remember …

Chenin Blanc is the most widely planted grape varietal in South Africa. There are just under 19,000 hectares of the vine rooted, accounting for around …

Despite their ubiquity, tattoos are still taboo. The fact that the following four questions are asked with nauseating regularity and predictability confirms this. My mother …

I have a very love-hate relationship with Sauvignon Blanc. It’s mostly 90% hate- 10% love. I’ve been scarred by warm and pungent New Zealand “plonks” …

It seems that our lives are inadvertently controlled by time. From waking up, having breakfast, working, and leisure, we’re constantly in the claws of it …