The recent movie The Brutalist has put brutalist architecture ‒ which showcases bare, rough building materials, and focuses on structural rather than decorative elements ‒ under the spotlight. How timely and thoughtful, then, that on a visit to London, my architect...
Soetmelksvlei, Babylonstoren’s farm girl sister, was in seclusion for four years before her official debut in May 2024. A country girl, she differs in appearance and personality from the better-known, more glamorous Babylonstoren, but she has her own charm and...
Possibly it’s the distance from Cape Town, and the sentinel of surrounding mountain ranges, that have contributed to the conservation and serenity of Prince Albert at the southern edge of the Great Karoo. I first realised that this picturesque spot was distinctive...
“Around every inch, and every corner, there’s a ‘wow’,” said our guide Sikhanyiso “Computer” Mdiya, as our hiking group gazed at a waterfall plunging over a precipice and dropping 80 metres into the sea. A dozen of us were on the second day of the Pondo-Hopper hiking...
A cider-saturated bee clung to my chic black drinking straw, as I gingerly fished the drowsy insect from my glass. My family and I were enjoying a tasting of three ciders at The Newt, a dream country estate in Somerset, England that centres around the county’s...
