Gerda Taljaard is lukewarm about John Boyne's latest book on the accountability of mothers. i.mtr.cool/zncmrjqxkk 

John Boyne

Your secret consumer guide. i.mtr.cool/tqijulrgvl

The child and the vulture, the photographer and his demons | i.mtr.cool/lznxxqcuek

Why does Google Translate struggle with culturally specific words like the Afrikaans “boeremeisie'? i.mtr.cool/frzcxfwszi

Here's what we're watching and listening to. i.mtr.cool/pllnujkkut

Our books editor gained a few pounds when reading a novel about fat and feminism. i.mtr.cool/sarquykzso 

Deborah Steinmair

The lamps in a national maritime jewel at Green Point in Cape Town were lit for the first time exactly two centuries ago, writes Herman Lategan🏳️‍🌈🇿🇦. i.mtr.cool/smbxhpbbcm

Leslie Javan is back, but the Namaqualand songwriter tells Laureen Rossouw he was never gone. i.mtr.cool/xjzdvnuyhp 

Laureen Rossouw

The evolution of the joke | What SpongeBob kids think of Monty Python. i.mtr.cool/qyakyzctfl 

Ali van Wyk

#Elections2024 . What if nobody gets 50%? i.mtr.cool/foljwumazu

Stepping up in cowboy boots: Beyoncé goes country. i.mtr.cool/ddyvaqkqjr 

BEYONCÉ

#Fasting ? Whatever your reason, we've got some recipes for you. i.mtr.cool/akkpysvcmb

A book that elicits a storm of emotions and disgust. i.mtr.cool/bjtdxrpnyo

Will Guidara
Liu Cixin

Paul Kagame: what kind of Africa do we want to live in? i.mtr.cool/byaaeicqun

Who is Gayton McKenzie? i.mtr.cool/wfcfasktdf

Gayton McKenzie 
Willem Kempen

Emma Powell: ‘It’ll get hot in the kitchen in the next 8 weeks’. i.mtr.cool/zkfdfgntpc 

anneliese burgess

The lure of MK, our ‘black swan event’. i.mtr.cool/azdpfroibh 

Piet Croucamp

We all have emotional scars, and they can be beautiful reminders of the vastness and wonder of the human experience, writes anneliese burgess. i.mtr.cool/wvlvalnqjg

We've never been this uncertain about an election, but never more certain how to spend our Fridays... Happy reading! i.mtr.cool/zubqhuvysh

Coenie de Villiers has just completed a musical, Karoo-Suites, with Deon Meyer as cocreator. i.mtr.cool/jknpctxopl