Cape Town
Deep mysteries: Twist, by Colum McCann, reviewed
An enigmatic captain tasked with repairing undersea communication cables disappears, and it’s up to his shipmate to discover why
Making mischief
Late in this final volume of a tantalising trilogy, we hear that its enigmatic boy hero ‘would never tell you…
South Africa
There are plenty of places to fly to for winter sun, but only one place that offers five-star hotels for…
Add Ben Stokes to the world’s greatest batsmen
On Sunday morning a friend texted: ‘You watching the big bash, or the domestic stuff down in Australia?’ On one…
Fear, loneliness and nostalgia: a return to Johannesburg
Oddly enough, the cabin service people on the plane are constantly eating during the night, helping themselves to the first-class…
A good man in Africa
I would love to sit in on a Jonny Steinberg interview. Over the years this South African writer has perfected…
Sex, death and good TV
South Africa’s spectacular murder trials – first Oscar Pistorius, now Shrien Dewani – help take minds off other difficulties
Rags, riches and respectability
In a grand history of the British empire — because that is what this book really is — you might…
