Described as the karma of literature, book crossing is a phenomenon taking UK cities by storm, writes Helen Carter.
Residents of Nigeria’s serene southeastern city of Calabar fretted on Wednesday about the arrival of Charles Taylor, despite official reassurances that Liberia’s former president and indicted war criminal would pose no threat to national security or to his neighbours.
Johannesburg residents were warned on Wednesday that the removal of illegal boom gates and fences blocking roads and pavements by city authorities would go ahead once an audit of road closures was complete.
Something old, some-thing new, something borrowed, something blue. Words typically reserved for those about to enter the institution of matrimony are an apt and fitting explanation of 31-year-old Arno Cartens’s latest musical distraction, New Porn, writes Jason Curtis.
<b>Movie of the week: </b> Loveable rogue Nick Nolte is a Leonard Cohen song come to life in <i>The Good Thief</i>, writes Shaun de Waal.
Through the medium of video, Thando Mama’s piece <i>We are afraid</i> is a biting critique of contemporary news broadcasters and is currently on view in Johannesburg’s MuseuMAfrica. Sean O’Toole speaks to the young artist and winner of the MTN New Contemporaries Award.
A background of swirling fog and sin adds immeasurably to a thriller, instantly setting the scene — and what better place than London, asks Barbara Ludman, cuddling up in bed with a few gloomy crime thrillers.
To the pleasure of their readers, great crime writers, those dedicated makers of early graves, tend themselves towards longevity. Agatha Christie and Georges Simenon both reached their mid-80s. PD James has just published her 16th novel at the age of 82, writes Mark Lawson.
<b>CD of the week:</b>
Macy Gray: <i>The Trouble with Being Myself</i>
Macy Gray makes beautiful music. And this compilation is the soundtrack of a quirky-crazy love affair unfolding, writes Yazeed Kamaldien.