Bravo to Monsieur Raynal!

Now do SA. Imagine if SA had achieved what Poland has over the last 20 years. Anyway.

Exactly two years ago, one of the greatest rugby matches ever played took place at Stade de France 🍿 In 24 days, France and the Springboks battle again in a rematch of that incredible Rugby World Cup quarter-final 🇫🇷🇿🇦 The #QuilterNS is going to be box office 🔥

This is a very interesting read. One enduring truth of history is that we just don’t know what the long-term implications are of anything really. We muddle through. The Rise of the Smartphone and the Fall of Western Democracy nytimes.com/2025/10/14/opi… via @NYTOpinion

We were there! Gareth van Onselen

But half of Brits can’t do A-level English, innit?!

Impressive. But what is the opportunity cost?

Great analysis, but just as important, a pleasure to read. Paul Williams can really write.

This is fascinating. Tom Lee has been banging this drum for a while. Financials might be one of the biggest crypto winners. Not sure how those bankers will feel about losing their jobs though!

It has nothing to do with politicians. Minister of finance doesn't storm the stage when a company announces an annual profit. The minister of health doesn't storm an operating theatre when doctors save a life. It's just you and McKenzie. Total egomaniacs. x.com/MbalulaFikile/…

Greatly enjoyed this.

🚨 Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry CONFIRMED! 🚨 The All Blacks will face all four URC teams next year and face the Springboks in four four-Test match series, three of which will be in South Africa. 🇿🇦🇳🇿 The venue for the fourth Test will be confirmed in the near future, but it will

Jacques Kallis' birthday is incomplete without this post.

Brad Pitt’s accent in Snatch is deliberately almost impossible to understand. Director Guy Ritchie wanted a funny, defiant response to critics of his last film. Pitt, panicking over a London accent, based it on a character from Irish sitcom Father Ted.

The 2019 Lady May is a beautiful wine. I’ve had the 2015 recently, which is delicious, but in comparison is a touch soft and lacking in precision. This is more chiseled: fine, grippy tannins, lots of red and black fruit with real depth, graphite, a lovely acidic backbone.

What an utterly abhorrent statement from a British MP.

Did a double-take when I read this line in Dracula, but it turns out Kodak was founded in 1892, while Dracula was written in 1897

After 30 years, the ANC’s support is finally disintegrating. The question every other party has to answer is, “How we do make ourselves their destination of choice - and do so without compromising our core beliefs.” The biggest strategic question for opposition parties over the

So all living Israeli hostages have come home. A huge emotional weight off our shoulders. We can no longer postpone the next steps. Many of us, perhaps even most of us, are going to stay on the streets for our remaining and ongoing struggles: * A state inquiry commission on 7

Polish court denied extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian national suspected of blowing up Nord Stream 2 and released him from custody. And rightly so. The case is closed.