Bad things can happen anywhere. And they do happen in Australia. Take the case of 54 year old Brian Gilsenan, a Scottish emigrant who 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.
Are you a nationalist gardener? Do you plant water-wise indigenous plants representing our diverse and beautiful flora? Plants and nationalism are not a subject that…
I know I will probably get shot down in flames (rhetorical ones of course) for admitting this. But, reading the terrible headlines of the last…
“Kill the Shangaan! Kill the Shangaan!” the mobs in Ramaphosa informal settlement near Reiger Park chanted as they marched through the streets in search of…
Hands up who remembers this ad for Castle Lager? It appeared in 1998, after Thabo Mbeki’s “two nations” speech which in many ways marked the…
I love the freedom of not having a car. No monthly payments, no ruinous splodges of wonga on the garage card. No insurance, no tracking…
South Africans are so much better than Australians when it comes to swearing. Possibly not quantity — Australians are said to be unusually prolix when…
Sydney is a city of immigrants. In that respect, it reminds me of London, but with better weather and more attractive scenery. Sometimes I wonder…
I never thought I would say this. In fact, there was a time when I regarded anyone who moved to Australia as a traitor, and…