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From Facebook to fiction: Paige Nick turns online book clubs into comedy gold in her new novel. Photo: Liza
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From Facebook to fiction: How Paige Nick turned online book clubs into comedy gold

Paige Nick chats about her latest novel Book People, how online book clubs are shaking things up and how reading culture is changing

Live and let live: US comedian Jimmy Kimmel was suspended from his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! for making jokes relating to the death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Photo: Randy Holmes/Disney

Why free speech matters: Jimmy Kimmel, Charlie Kirk and cancel culture

Why hate speech should not be banned and why there is no way of dealing with it — except more speech

Bullied into taking his own life: Kai Singiswa (14.09.1999 – 01.12.2019) was a victim of cancel culture. (Self portrait by Kai Singiswa)

Cancel culture among the youth a contributor to suicide

After my son took his own life after becoming a victim, I urge other parents to discuss this scourge with their children

anye West speaks onstage during the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.   (Photo by Leon Bennett / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Can you separate art from the world’s greatest artists?

Has the notion of separating art from the artist evolved? The answer is personal and lies in the eyes, ears, and actions of audiences.

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 19: Protesters demonstrate outside 180 The Strand who is hosting some fashion events, holding a banner saying ‘Cancel London Fashion Week’  on February 19, 2022 in London, England. Extinction Rebellion Fashion protesters are demanding that the British Fashion Council cancels London Fashion Week as the fashion industry is heavily reliant on fossil fuels for the production of cheap synthetic textiles. London Fashion Week they say encourages overproduction, overconsumption and a throwaway culture. (Martin Pope/Getty Images)

Cancel culture is the antitheses of reconciliation

The essence of reconciliation and justice are accountability and restoring relationships. Cancel culture emphasises accountability without the possibility of restoration

Condemnation of UCT lecturer misses context

Groups slam UCT professor’s Hitler comment without an understanding of the lecture’s purpose

American Skin and the allure of redemption narratives

American Skin is drowned by its own ambitions, which are at odds with the moment it seeks to reckon with