Fifteen years ago, we were in New York for my nephew’s bar mitzvah at a little synagogue in Manhattan. Lou Reed was among the invited guests called up to read or recite a prayer, which he did nervously, in Hebrew. A long-time fan of Velvet Underground and their frontman, I’d be lying if I said […]
DARLING – THE FINAL DAYS : A memoir by the magazine’s last editor, Suzanne Brenner
My introduction to Republican Press was a real baptism by fire. Luckily, I was not fazed by challenges, but the uproar that surrounded my appointment as editor of DARLING was nonetheless a test of endurance. Perhaps I need to start at the beginning. A Durbanite by birth, I’d written since my schooldays. Eve Stuart had […]
Melville News – Issue No. 16, May 2013
The free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwill among residents, merchants and visitors to Melville Letter from the Editor Sometimes I wonder how my generation survived without TV, computers, email, cell phones, Internet banking, iPads, Kindle and a great deal more. New technology has crept into our lives bringing social networking with it, though not everyone […]
Melville News – Issue No. 15, December 2012
The free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwill among residents, merchants and visitors to Melville Letter from the Editor As I pondered what to write in this last newsletter of 2012, I noticed a flyer from our post-box inviting us to a street block party, ‘to meet your neighbours, to say farewell to the Jacaranda and […]
Melville News – Issue No. 14, July 2012
The free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwill among residents, merchants and visitors to Melville Letter from the Editor Johannesburg’s glorious winter days always remind me of the benefit of living here. The early mornings and nights challenge my Durban blood, but fortunately the best household investment I ever made was the wood stove fireplace in […]