BRIDE OF EROS
By Peter Wilhelm
The loveliest moment in Venus comes when the 73-year-old Maurice (Peter O'Toole) - ailing, sensing the shadow of death, stricken by an old man's love - gently weaves and whispers the great Shakespearean sonnet "Shall I compare t...

TAPAS ON THE TERRACE
By Jane Broughton
Caveau, the wine bar and deli owned by Jean-Yves Muller and Brendon Crew in the Cape Town city centre's Heritage Square, was hailed by the US Condé Nast Traveler as one of the world's hottest nightspots in 2005. It's stil...

A FAMILIAR WORLD GONE STRANGE

White artists are scared, they're plagued by nightmares, and they want to share these nightmares with you. The penny dropped a few weeks back at the opening of Roger Ballen's midcareer survey exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery ...

LEADERS FLOUNDER IN SMALL POOL
By David Williams
How do you define success or failure at the World Cup? It is not enough to trot out the cliché that winning is everything. For Ireland, who surprised everyone by getting into the Super Eight stage, the tournament was a success. Much ...

TRIUMPH AND TEARS
By Mark Gleeson
It was a weekend of contrasting emotions for Mamelodi Sundowns, unceremoniously dumped from the African Champions League in Cairo on Friday but crowned champions on Sunday. Sundowns had stated on several occasions that success in Afric...

SILENCE OF THE LANDS
By David Furlonger
When Land Rover launched the original Freelander in 1997, it created a new market segment compact 4x4s that aren't quite 4x4s. They are agile in many offroad conditions, but keep them away from the really tough stuff like rivers, bou...

A LAUGH AND A WINE
By JUSTICE MALALA
Seeing that 96 Winery Road is bang in the fairest Cape's wine region, and that it has won several top wine awards, my friend Heather Muller makes sure our group is sorted out with a very nice wine indeed. It is the Veenwouden ...