by Marion Ellis | Feb 10, 2025 | Insightful Matters, Visionary Matters
You may not know it, but right now there’s a huge cosmic rave party happening far, far above our heads. The chief party goers are known as supermassive black holes. These mysterious objects can have masses several million or billion times that of the Sun...
by Marion Ellis | Jan 13, 2025 | Art & Design Matters, Insightful Matters
The director and chief curator of Cape Town’s Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa), Koyo Kouoh, has been appointed curator of the Venice Biennale 2026 – the 61st International Art Exhibition. She described the famous Venice festival as “the...
by Marion Ellis | Dec 10, 2024 | Art & Design Matters, Heritage & History Matters, Insightful Matters
Unveiling a window into humankind’s pre-historic past. This is what the finds from an archaeological dig from Stone Age times have revealed. Blombos Cave, on the Southern Cape coast of South Africa, one of the world’s most significant archaeological...
by Marion Ellis | Nov 12, 2024 | Green Matters, Insightful Matters, Visionary Matters
Sampson Osei Tutu Aggrey, Prince of Wales, Tokunboh Ishmael – in conversation during 2024 Earthshot Week in Cape Town What is the Earthshot Prize Started by HRH Prince William in 2020, the award aims to celebrate and support people and companies working to...
by Marion Ellis | Oct 17, 2024 | Art & Design Matters, Insightful Matters
Photo by Ulrich Knoblauch, courtesy of Southern Guild Gallery The House and Garden Designer of the Year (DOTY) Awards for 2024 honour a selection of extraordinary Southern African talent across various fields, from architecture and interior design to product design...
by Marion Ellis | Sep 24, 2024 | Green Matters, Insightful Matters, Visionary Matters
| Craig Foster won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary My Octopus Teacher and has created over 100 films and documentaries. Daily Maverick explores the secrets to living a life intertwined with the natural world, as beautifully captured in ”Amphibious...
