My wise (much) younger sister recently sent me a link to a YouTube video that’s got me thinking. I’m often very late to these things – bear with, Miranda – so you may all have fo... Read more
I am weary, dragged down by the waves of controversy, aggression and conflict that have engulfed my reality over the past two weeks. My Twitter TL, usually a good barometer of the state of m... Read more
The Big Issue has launched a Thundafund campaign to finance the costs of publishing its first three issues of 2014. A non-profit organisation, the Big Issue publishes a quality general-inter... Read more
I recently wrote an opinion column for the Cape Times (Do we really want to make life less comfortable for those on the street?). It appeared in the print edition but not online, except for... Read more
Caryn Gootkin hopes readers have conquered their fears of the semi-colon after her last column. Today she explains why the humble full stop can become a powerful plain language tool and reve... Read more
Caryn Gootkin continues her series on punctuation by demystifying the semi-colon, which has been called the scariest punctuation mark. Semi-colons have a bad reputation; unfairly, I think. T... Read more
