French writer Jean-Paul Curnier tells Matthew Krouse about the MariMira concept of recycling discarded items into useful artefacts.
Eric Miyeni started an e-zine in 2001 and won over the world with his controversial style. <i>O’Mandingo! The Only Black at a Dinner Party</i> (Jacana) is a collection of these opinion pieces, centred on black pride, strength, unity and prosperity, as is evident in this extract.
How are South Africa’s senior white male poets dealing with the world? Shaun de Waal looks at three new collections.
Bob Geldof tells Andy Davis about moving political mountains and taming the crowd.
The five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany have decided to send Iran’s dossier back to the council for further deliberations and the drafting of a resolution that would require Iran to abandon all enrichment activities within a specified amount of time. If history is any guide, Iran will reject this last ultimatum as well.
Here are seven good alternatives to cow’s milk. Peta Bee reports.
Queens have fought over it and food critics rate it. But, asks Andrew Shanahan, does it really matter where you sit in a restaurant?