When I look at the world, I see the signs of splintering all around - listen well, and you can almost hear the creak of the ship’s timber under the immense pressure of the freezing ocean. The liberal order that has been the theatre of my life has lost much of its legitimacy. It is facilitating a genocide. It has retreated from climate action, re-centering on a fossil future. It has broken its own rules about trade, immigration, and international law. Oligarchs tinker and laug

Commuting by train in Cape Town is a hoot. From the archaic ticketing system that means everyone has to buy their weekly ticket - from a...

Happy New Year! May your 2024 horizons be wide, your beer always cold, and may no pebble find your shoe. Much love for the next turn...

In the firestorm of hot-COP-takes, I’ve been fumbling to arrange my thoughts. It’s been all reaction so far. Mostly negative. Also...

Half way. That’s the truth of it. Half way, if I’m lucky and the second half is anything near as fortuitous as the first. A time for some...