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LEARNING to make your own samoosas can be a bit time consuming but it's not that difficult - and there's nothing better than a fresh samoosa straight out of the hot oil. Try these delicious mushroom, pea and potato ones, you can't go wrong. With thanks to the SA Mushroom Farmers' Association. …
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THE big one we've all been waiting for is season four of Succession, which lands on March 27. HBO, bless their hearts, will be doling out weekly episodes, which in this day and age can drive a person crazy. At least it gives me time to watch recaps of the previous season on YouTube, because HBO…
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EXPRESS from the UK, the eagerly awaited Death in Paradise spin-off Beyond Paradise launched on BritBox on February 24, with new episodes landing weekly throughout March. It follows the bumbling but brilliant DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall – My Family, Love Actually, Sanditon) and his fiancée,…
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SOULFUL Cape Town-born singer and songwriter Fagrie Isaacs is set to grace the stage at The Castle of Good Hope on 4 March 2023 for a musical celebration of love. The show, The Ultimate Love Song Collection, sees Isaacs sharing the spotlight with South African musical greats Andrea Fortuin, Nazneen…
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THE restaurant in Gardens has been open a couple of months now - long enough to tweak its original menu (but not the concept) - and to get Capetonians talking. They're saying good things and I'm going to add my voice to theirs. First impressions count, and the entrance is immediately impressive…
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THERE is something so comforting about a restaurant that doesn't change its menu. The ones that create new seasonal dishes certainly have their place, and I love them too, but when I visit one of Giorgio Nava's restaurants (past and present) it's good to know I can always have the butternut ravioli.…
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WORLD Cancer Day on February 4 called for us all to “close the care gap”. It’s a heartening sentiment at any level, but particularly when you acknowledge the South African context, where a lot of people are unable to access suitable healthcare. It is a gap where many NGOs stand, including Reach…
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WHAT a joy it is to return to Maynardville open air theatre for a performance of a Shakespeare play, and possibly my favourite too: A Midsummer Night's Dream. The playful comedy was the second play to be performed in the venue’s history in 1957 and (including that debut) has been performed there six…
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BRITBOX INTERNATIONAL is expanding its long-running relationship with BAFTA to become the exclusive home of the EE BAFTA Film Awards in eight countries, streaming the awards live from London on Sunday, February 19 across the US, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, as well as SA.…
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WHEN American Gigolo, the 1980 neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton, was released in South Africa, it was scandalous, including as it did, a nude Gere. Who knows what else the censors of the day cut out. It was also notable for…
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