MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Elephant is a compelling response, to the haunting question of what Columbine meant for a country in love with guns, writes Peter Bradshaw.
Standing in front of one of his company’s most coveted products, a curvaceous 1100cc Moto Guzzi Grizo, Piaggio chairperson Roberto Colaninno admits he has never actually ridden one. ”I’m too scared; I’d kill myself in five minutes,” he laughs.
Colaninno took control of Piaggio in 2003 and has since transformed it from an ailing icon into a profitable company.
Drive-time radio is the driving force behind most commercial radio stations, raking in 35-40% of a station’s revenue. Andy Davis tunes in to who’s attracting the listeners and where the ad spend is going.
Were Malcolm X alive, he’d be 80. Gay activist Peter Tatchell reveals the hidden past of the American black nationalist leader.
CD OF THE WEEK: Since Coldplay first shot to fame three years ago, other bands have been influenced by their sound Now they are back, but it’s all been done before — by others, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
Janet Suzman’s Hamlet, performed in modern dress, is a victim of some archaic criticism, writes Brent Meersman.
Best known for his performance poetry, Carl Hancock Rux has published poems, short fiction, plays, essays and, recently, a novel called Asphalt, he speaks to Nadine Botha about his life and being in South Africa.
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The Paris-based Reporters sans Frontières has written an open letter to African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma in which the organisation warns him that he is setting a bad example for African dictators with his defamation lawsuit against the media.
A novel range of memorabilia celebrating Michael Jackson’s acquittal on child sex charges has popped up on the internet: slices of toast bearing the embattled superstar’s spectral image.
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