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24 Oct

San Rock Art

I love rock art because it is so emotionally intimate and intense.  Looking at the elephant, perfectly rendered with black manganese or the...

20 Oct

Kurland – Good for the Soul

  I have had the privilege of staying in some very beautiful hotels, properties whose rooms and gardens I prowl to discover the secrets...

17 Oct

Sibella

In 1972 I lived in the Serengeti National Park for 18 months making a television documentary on the life cycle of the cheetah.  Yesterday,...

15 Oct

The Blue Sweater

Jacqueline Novogratz’s superb book on her journey towards the  creation of the Acumen Fund, her groundbreaking business that helps build...

15 Oct

Sarara: A Model Community-Owned Camp

A beautifully smooth rock outcrop bowl and spring water were the deciding factors…Piers and Hilary  Bastard knew that this was the perfect...

10 Oct

There’s a Grevy in Our Garden

Zoe arrived at Sirikoi, the beautiful, small, private camp of Sue and Willie Roberts, located at the center of Northern Kenya’s Lewa Wildlife...

5 Oct

The Great Affair

Robert Louis Stevenson said, “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. ” It took me a long time to admit that, while I am thrilled...

1 Oct

Turkish Flavours

  Selin Rozanes is the kind of Turkish Mother you would like to have grown up with…warm, smart, pragmatic — and a superb cook....

30 Sep

Magpie Magic!

  A Magpie Double Tiered Grande Dame Chandelier constructed from reclaimed plastic and trinkets. Photo Credit:  Sean Daniel www.magpiehomefineware.co.za

29 Sep

Cornucopia: An Inspiring Magazine

My taste for magazines has waned in the recent past.  Perhaps it is that thumbing magazine pages has become the luxurious occupation of the...

28 Sep

Garzon: The Life of a Village

In 1940, the village of Garzon was, in fact, a fairly robust town of 2,000 who gained a comfortable existence working in the wheat mill.  It...

27 Sep

Mali-A Soul on the Road

Extraordinary travel is magic often created in the simplest of terms. 37 years ago this month I was driving across the face of Africa. I...

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