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The writing on the web: What the M&G is reading

Article Tanya Pampalone - 6 Nov 2014

What’s being read around the M&G newsroom? Here are some things we like. A lot.

Addicted to drug addiction memoirs

Article Tanya Pampalone - 1 Jul 2014

The first instalment of our drug edition looks at books that are easy to get hooked on – if you're into misery, redemption and excruciating honesty.

Why the geeks will inherit the Earth

Article Tanya Pampalone - 10 May 2013

The Grugq, who is pale, balding, boyishly pudgy and was dressed in a black golf shirt and a zip-up black jersey, looked like he had just woken up.

Best little bookshop in Braamfontein

Article Tanya Pampalone - 23 Nov 2012

With its bright, floor-to-ceiling window shopfront, the Wits Hospice Shop just might be the coolest thing in town, writes Tanya Pampalone.

A high-seas education

Article Tanya Pampalone - 19 Oct 2012

Growing up in the global yachting community made for a great memoir.

In cruise mode: Living the high life on the high seas

Article Tanya Pampalone - 26 Jul 2012

Tanya Pampalone boarded the Crystal Serenity bubble for the Black Sea to find out how the other 5% live.

Tanya Pampalone: I’m a fan of Zapiro, but…

Analysis Tanya Pampalone - 10 Jul 2012

Zapiro's cartoons are revolutionary, writes the M&G's features editor, Tanya Pampalone. But defending his latest is proving to be difficult.

Is this the end of the bookshop, or just a new chapter?

Article Tanya Pampalone - 15 Jun 2012

Bookstores around the world have been shutting their doors in the face of what looks a lot like publishing Armageddon. What's a bibliophile to do?

Champagne wishes and corrupted dreams

Article Tanya Pampalone - 27 Jan 2012

The top dogs of anti-corruption came out in force to support a new initiative. But can they make us all believe?

In a Dainfern state of mind

Article Tanya Pampalone - 23 Dec 2011

Life in Johannesburg's premier luxury golf estate has reached surreal perfection. But whose reality is it anyway?

Singing for his SUVs — and Kabila

Africa Tanya Pampalone - 26 Nov 2011

One of the DRC's most famous musicians talks about the elections and singing for President Joseph Kabila.

DRC: And now for the bad news…

Africa Tanya Pampalone - 25 Nov 2011

Death threats, assassinations, brown envelopes and politically aligned media owners. Being a journalist was never easy in the Congo.

High hopes and low blows in DRC election battle

Article Tanya Pampalone - 18 Nov 2011

Opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi takes on President Joseph Kabila in the DRC's November elections, and already there's blood on the streets.

Lightening up the fest

Article Tanya Pampalone - 9 Sep 2011

The LitFest brought out the M&G's core readership to witness some intellectually heady discussions. But what it lacked was a serious injection of hip.

That’s Dr Oprah Winfrey to you

Article Tanya Pampalone - 24 Jun 2011

The queen of talk became the queen of tears as the University of the Free State handed over a PhD, dubbing her a South African -- and a Kovsie!

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