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Working alongside John Thaw in the classic TV detective series Inspector Morse had a sobering effect on Dundee acting great Brian Cox.

Cuimhneamh an Chláir or Clare Memories is hosting an event in Inagh tomorrow. The event at St. Tola’s Goat Cheese farm, called The Lost Language of Farming, is part of National Heritage Week. Leonard McDonagh, Chairperson of Cuimhneamh an Chláir and one of the hosts for Saturday’s event at St. Tola’s goat farm has been […]

These writers, who have themselves set fiction in the city, weigh in on novels by others who have done the same.

From bevvy to beef curtains, why did so much of the 20th century dialect come back to food?

This year’s Africa Day celebrations had a bitter taste as the day comes in the wake of a series of attacks on Africans in the country.

In Mandla Langa’s The Lost Language of the Soul, the author weaves a powerful story of a boy searching for his parents. However, this isn’t just any search. The book takes place during the 1980s in Southern Africa moving from Zambia to South Africa. The book is about Joseph’s search for his parents but also for his own truth and identity. It was therefore apt that Langa was part of a panel at the Kingsmead Book Festival (KBF) called Soulful Reflections of the Past. 

Booking has opened for the 2022 Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF), taking place there from 13 to 15 May. [flf.co.za]

On 14 March, the 25th edition of the Centre for Creative Arts and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Time of the Writer festival will kick off.

On 14 March, the 25th edition of the Centre for Creative Arts and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Time of the Writer festival will kick off.

Going into January, the bestseller lists are very much an echo of the December charts. Could this be called a hangover of the festive season?