HOT TYPE
By Richard Steyn
Paul Holden, a young historian and freelance writer, has rendered the nation a service by compiling The Arms Deal in Your Pocket (Jonathan Ball, R125) - an idiot's guide to the decade-long scandal of greed, corruption and lies that have ru...

TALKING ABOUT THEN AND NOW

There is a poignant moment in William Kentridge's latest work, a choreographed lecture of 40 minutes in which the artist talks purposefully but with humour about his favourite books. Animatedly chasing after the thread of an idea, Ke...

MUST SEE: KNYSNA FINE ART

The history of contemporary SA art owes a debt to Trent Read. A fifth-generation art dealer, Read introduced early post-apartheid Johannesburg to a host of new kids on the block, among them artists Belinda Blignaut and Kendell Geers,...

MUST SEE: THAMI MNYELE

Visitors to Alexandra-born artist Thami Mnyele's retrospective exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery are introduced to the artist - murdered by the SA Defence Force in 1985 - by a larger-than-life photograph. Fitting really. "Th...

SHOW IS A KILLER

The choice of the Stephen Sondheim work Assassins to relaunch Cape Town's iconic struggle venue The Space in Long Street - now the NewSpace Theatre - is as controversial as Assassins itself. How appropriate, you migh...

THE SAGE AND THE SNOWBALL
By Richard Steyn
After meeting Warren Buffett for the first time, Katherine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, observed that he resembled no Wall Street figure or business tycoon she had ever met. His "corn-fed, Midwestern" appearance co...

ACHTUNG BABY!
By Peter Wilhelm
Catherine Tate is a smart, profane British comic whose performances have attracted a loyal following. Perhaps a yearning not to be stereotyped as a funny yobette enticed her into this low-budget comedy, set in the 1960s, in which she...

END OF A TOUGH YEAR
By JUSTICE MALALA
Well, SA, raise a glass. You deserve a drink. What a year, eh? Even for an eternal optimist like me (ha! and you thought you knew everything about me!) there was a bit of turbulence of confidence, which had me slightly stirre...