“A R10 000 reward has been offered to anyone who identifies the racist scum who marred Saturday’s Springbok victory at Johannesburg’s Ellis Park.” It was…
Posts published by “Sarah Britten”
During the day Sarah Britten is a communication strategist; by night she writes books and blog entries. And sometimes paints. With lipstick. It helps to have insomnia.
“Aspirational”. Of all the words I encountered whilst working in the advertising industry in South Africa, it was the one I came to hate the…
I’ll start off this discussion about the Australian version of a favourite stereotype of the white rural underclass, the redneck, with this disclaimer: yes, I…
One of the themes I’d like to explore down the line in this blog is the power of popular culture to define generations and transcend…
An alternative title to this entry could just as well have been Vladimir and Estragon in Ikea, but it wouldn’t have had quite the same…
My Sunday morning — the highlight of which otherwise was the purchase of a laundry basket — was considerably enlivened by the sight of this…
This week I was faced with the knowledge that I needed to get the prescriptions for my chronic medication renewed. Finding a doctor was a…
Comments by readers of my entry on urban wildlife got me thinking more about spiders. Why do they inspire such horror? Why is it that…
This weekend, I moved from my zhoozh fully furnished apartment with jaw-droppingly amazing view of the Sydney harbour (to go with discounted R4 500 weekly rent)…
South Africa failed at the first hurdle of the Olympics, if the assessment of two Australian fashionistas is anything to go by. They gave South…