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August 2010

Granville Island

To know more about this arty gourmet destination read “Things to do on Granville Island”

The September Issue and the Gorgeous Issue

The fourth issue of Love magazine features a collection of the industry’s most beautiful ladies. The Gorgeous issue features Gisele Bunchen, Agyness Deyn, Alessandra Ambrosio, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Lauren Hutton and Buela, a Louis Vuitton doll. Editor, Katie Grand, told Vogue that in her mind each of these women are perfect. The magazine features the various [...]

Young Communist League Weighs in on Education

BY AKANYANG MEREMENTSI
For how long will we continue to blame the poor performance of our students in the country on the Department of Education alone and not the students themselves too? Aren’t they, the students, the ones learning, if not failing to learn?
But of course one would [...]

Beckham Bags and Hermes Scarves

Victoria Beckham will launch her own line of handbags. According to Vogue Ms Beckham will collaborate with Katie Hillier, who previously worked with Marc Jacobs on his runway accessories. The plans are still in the early stages but judging from her design talents which have silenced quite a few critics, the bags are bound to [...]

Vancouver – Destination 2010

Hospitable host of this year’s Winter Olympics, abode of a burgeoning film industry known as the Hollywood North and called hometown by stars such as Ryan Reynolds, Michael J Fox and Joshua Jackson; Vancouver is the epitome of laid-back cool. Quietly having built up its cult following over the last few years, it has suddenly [...]

The Ex Files

BY GENEVIEVE VIEIRA
“We can still be friends” is a phrase we’ve all heard before and most often dread.  So forgive me if I must confess that I am a loyal minion of the post break up friendship.  While many would consider this a recipe for disaster, I have managed to secure bonds with great men… [...]

Threats of nationalisation scare Anglo Platinum

BY AKANYANG MEREMENTSI
One cannot help but suspect that the now recent reports of Anglo Platinum being advised in splitting its South African assets into two has something, if not everything, to do with the country’s ruing party’s (Africa National Congress) youth movement ANC Youth League’s talk of nationalising the Platinum Mines.
Business Day newspaper reported this [...]

Criticism fired at Rodarte while Adidas goes luxe

After facing severe criticism for their MAC make-up line, Rodarte has commented on the incident. The range was inspired by Juarez, a Mexican factory town infamous for high rape and murder rates Kate and Laura Mulleay, the sisters behind the label said: “We recognize that the violence against women taking [...]

The Truth About the Lies

BY NIKOLAI TJONGARERO
Lyrical users of speech. We abuse the language utilised with the goal of making their fantasies about what they most seem to need without the need to first achieve. Change moods we do indeed, because the escape we provide is a portal to a lost place in time that moves [...]

Three reasons you should get off the couch

Soapboxers! We round up three upcoming events to which you should go…
Six THREE STORIES exhibitions now showing:
The T shirt show
One night only
The letter A in the color blue
Paper Girl-SA
Chapter Two:”Friends”
The Bin R250 show
Venue:  IN THE ART SPACE until 14th August
ART SPACE opening hours:
Thurday to Saturday
10h30 to 16h30
For more see:
http://www.a-word-of-art.co.za/exhibitions/
35th anniversary of die [...]

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