Books

Sep
06
My food tastes are ridiculous, I'm sorry

My food tastes are ridiculous, I'm sorry

In my defence, I grew up in Centurion
10 min read
Aug
30
Personal Nuclear Reactors

Personal Nuclear Reactors

Five favourite summer things
5 min read
Aug
02
Bongeziwe Mabandla playing guitar and singing into a microphone on stage

Entangled histories

Bee-eaters, Bongeziwe Mabandla and other glimpses of home.
8 min read
Feb
20
Pruning Time

Pruning Time

February is for letting go.
5 min read
Jan
12
Is it worth saving parasitic wasps?

Is it worth saving parasitic wasps?

Why should we care about species extinction?
5 min read
Dec
09
Harold Fisk’s Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (1944)

Meander Maps

Recent obsessions with Roman emperors and shifting waterways
6 min read
Nov
24
100,000 copies later

100,000 copies later

Reflecting on the book that changed my life
4 min read
Oct
28
An ancient Roman mosaic showing people holding scrolls and talking

Rugby, Course Syllabi, and Billionaire Survivalists

Naomi Alderman's "The Future", a podcast about birds and rugby, and what makes a good course syllabus.
6 min read
Oct
17
Sam laughing at something hilarious Dale Halvorsen was saying, on stage at Comic Con Africa

Cosy October

Some games, films, books and music to keep your October feeling cosy
5 min read
Aug
24
Moving to the UK launch day bayyyybeeeeeee!

Moving to the UK launch day bayyyybeeeeeee!

Your handy guide to moving countries without losing your mind
3 min read