SPIRIT OF GAME UNDER SIEGE
By David Williams
"It would never happen in rugby." That's what I always say to my sons when we're watching soccer and a player "dives" - pretends to have been tripped - in an attempt to persuade the referee to award a free kick or penalty. There's a...

BEYOND THE BLOOD MERIDIAN
By Peter Wilhelm
I have been struck by the extraordinary number of visions of the Apocalypse which have stained the cinematic fabric. An American friend concurs that this might be because the US is self-preoccupied with its own "end of Empire". Yet sin...

A PEOPLE TRAPPED
By Richard Steyn
The title of this timely book is derived from the perpetual stand off between the politico-military elite in Pakistan, which has ruled the country for more than 60 years, and the common people who are promised social and democratic ref...

WASTED OPPORTUNITY
By JUSTICE MALALA
Sometimes we can be beautiful, and hopeful, and even gorgeous. Like when we remember that Nelson Mandela is one of ours, that he is truly one of the greats of humanity. Last week, on February 11, despite my attempts to stay stoic an...