Bridget McNulty

In the mood for a little distraction to start off your week? Take a look at Stop Crime Say Hello — a local organisation built on the premise that if South Africans said hello to each other more and treated each other better at work and in life, the amount of violent crime would drop. […]

I apologise — I assumed there had been so much hoo-ha about A New Earth that everyone knew what it was about and that I could just fleetingly mention it in my blog about how much I’ve enjoyed Oprah’s webcasts with author Eckhart Tolle. My bad. So, without giving too exhaustive a book review, let […]

Now, I’ll be the first to admit that Oprah often gets a bad rap. Sometimes from me. It’s all that advice-giving. It gets to me sometimes. That said, I am now a born-again Oprah fan. Why? Well, no doubt you’re aware of her infamous book club selections — once Oprah chooses a book for her […]

It’s the beginning of the year and, if like many of us (me included) you’re brimming with enthusiasm to take up 20 new hobbies, you might want to learn a language. Before you sign up for an expensive language class (the buffet option), why not try out the snack table? What am I on about? […]

I do. I remember feeling inspired a lot as a kid and even as a teenager — there were all these people to aspire to be like, all these things to learn, all this world out there. The problem is, once you enter the world you have to pretend you know what you’re doing, and […]

I was away all of last week on a trip for work, part of which took me through the Kruger National Park. We were on a strict time deadline, so we just drove along the main road, cutting across the park and out the other side. Everyone told me that with Kruger being the size […]

First we had My Coke Fest, now we have the Virgin Festival. Yes, the V Festival that is such a huge deal overseas — just the South African version. So how do the two big days compare? Let’s see. Both are being held only in Jo’burg and Cape Town. Both have a mix of international […]