Several years before what became known as the Arab Spring, we paid our second visit to Morocco. Even within the few years since we were there last, it was possible to sense a change in the people; there was a new, welcomed, monarch, but tension was in the air. They were scared and excited, arrogant and frightened, all at the same
With acknowledgements to “Cry The Beloved Country” by Alan Paton, 1948, and the Front Page Headline of the Cape Argus newspaper, July 31st 2019, Cape Town South
Just over 50 years after the world’s first human heart transplant, at Grote Schuur hospital in Cape Town (‘The Great Barn’ in Afrikaans), innovative medicine progresses in attempts to treat the young and
In recognition of the poetry of Robert Frost, the song-writing of Eric Clapton, the power of the contributions of Nelson Mandela and the demise of Robert
A friend of ours opened a coffee shop / florist in a dis-used former prison, which unfortunately couldn’t sustain the penalties of
I wrote a few poems for our premier Café Poétique, held in Franshhoek in 2014. I have hosted a few Café Scientifiques around the world, including one in Franschhoek a few years earlier in which we described our work with children suffering from rheumatic heart disease. We decided that it was appropriate now to turn our attention to poetry; the event was called ‘The Heart of
Sheffield Place,
Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, USA
Sheffield Place, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Sala Kahli, Franschhoek,
South Africa
Sala Kahli, Franschhoek, South Africa