Blogs
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From my Hide: The sixth extinction is here…
BlogsDavid Holt-Biddle looks at mass extinction events, including the current one, the sixth.
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Invasives and Natives: Pretty pushy plants and a rare native
BlogsNectar rich sunbird bushes make welcome additions to the bird friendly garden.
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Tent Travels: Flowers on a wild and windswept shore
BlogsAs inveterate campers we always carry plenty of warm clothes and bedding.
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Butthead’s Beat: Code Red for government hospitals
BlogsRather spend taxes on subsidising the poor for treatment at private hospitals instead of expensive, inefficient and sometimes 'deadly' government…
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I was born to be a duchess: Food had become a priority, and not just for ourselves
BlogsOur list of requirements was long and complicated and I was quite sure that it would take the rest of…
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Rambling Rush: A trip of a very different sort
BlogsDespite its much publicised problems, South Africa has a rhythm and beauty quite unlike any other country in the world.…
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Fifty Shades of Graham: People you would most like to invite to dinner
BlogsAccording to those who knew him, McQueen was one of the most boring guys around, despite his massive on-screen magnetism.
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Invasives and Natives: Hot colour in the wintry gardens
BlogsRed, orange and yellow are starting to predominate in the indigenous garden.
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Tent Travels: Karoo explorations continue
BlogsThe Camdeboo National Park is such a conservation success
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Butthead’s Beat: Balls to the wall for rapists
BlogsMaybe our law makers should seriously consider looking to ancient Roman history to fight the scourge of rape in our…
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I was born to be a duchess: They had been wading waist-deep, towing the boat
BlogsIt was only much later, when they were safely back in Orapa, that they were told that that particular stretch…
