THE festive season is fast approaching, and few experiences herald the beginning of the holidays like a tree lighting ceremony. The dazzling lights, the collective countdown to the flip of…
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STAND-UP comic Nik Rabinowitz returns to the Baxter Concert Hall from November 26 with his latest special Late Bloomer, directed by Rob Van Vuuren. South Africa’s original Xhosa-speaking, Jewish leg-spinner-turned-comedian’s…
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DRAG queens are so deliciously confusing, blurring the lines so you don’t even know if or when you’ve crossed them. For me, it’s Holly at Gate69. She’s never been hotter…
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WHEN Hope On Hopkins launched its trio of gins just five years ago, there were about seven local craft gins on the market. Today, there are more than 300. It…
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THE prestigious Eat Out Awards 2019 took place on Sunday, November 17 at GrandWest in Cape Town. This year 30 nominees were counted down from 20 to 11, before the…
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THERE are so many things to do and see at Hazendal in Stellenbosch, they require a six-page fold out guide, with three rows of activities on each page. Where to…
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SOME things are worth getting out of bed for; others are worth driving 80km in unseasonal torrential rain for (and back again) – and that would be a tasting and…
LAST week on Daily Maverick, I wrote about my eating and drinking experiences in Barrydale, which briefly recaps my history with the Karoo Art Hotel. Last time I was there…
WHEN my friend Terri and I spent the weekend at The Vineyard Country House in Montagu around about a year ago, it wasn’t the first occasion I’d been there. Several…
ON a cold winter night in December 1944, The Glass Menagerie had its world-premiere in Chicago. That legendary performance, and the ardent support of two Chicago theatre critics, catapulted Tennessee Williams,…