It’s 6.30am and the sounds of secateurs and Cape voices reaches me as I reach for my morning coffee. I go outside in a big fluffy robe and look across the vineyards, stretched like cornrows tight across the scalp of the foothills surrounding the Franschhoek mountain. The workers are harvesting the grapes as they have […]
The French have been embellishing their champagne bottles and boxes for centuries, and each house has its signature look which is part of the “DNA” of that brand. Their wines, too, focus on the appearance of the bottle; the great Bordeaux have used renowned artists to design their labels for many years.I have always loved […]
Smooth and stately has always been my experience of Jaguar – as a passenger. It is a dignified car fit for royalty and I was taken to meet the young princes at the 2010 World Cup in a buttery Jaguar which purred its way through Hyde Park to the British High Commissioner’s residence.However, I had […]
I can pinpoint the day when I realised that I was a redhead. I was ten years old and my school mates started chanting delightedly: “You’ve got red hair!! You’ve got red hair!!!” – as only spawn of Satan ten-year-olds can when they find a suitable target. I went and had a look as soon […]
