britney spears matters

britney spears matters

In May 2020, Rolling Stone magazine crowned Britney Spears’ 1999 breakout smash hit, “…Baby One More Time”, as the greatest debut single of all time. I spoke to her in February of 1999, at the very beginning of her career in music, when the sky was limit and the stars...
Help wanted

Help wanted

Where are the original thinkers, the mavericks, the game-changers? I am not one of them, but, like you, I am gagging for someone to deliver some original thinking around just how we all intend surviving the current diatribe of overtraded, recycled and...
Take back the power

Take back the power

This is not an attempt to trivialise the magnitude of our collective current reality, it’s a call to arms to embrace a situation beyond our control, but oddly, within the realm of self-constructive rehabilitation. What does that mean? Well, for starters, we may not...
Celebrating solidarity

Celebrating solidarity

At the start of 2020, DHL Stormers Head Coach John Dobson flouted a passing thought: “Imagine if we could…” That passing remark was picked up by team Media and PR consultant Duncan Cruickshank, who decided to run with the impulse, and within days and after a number of...
Acceptance speech

Acceptance speech

Two weeks into the #lockdown and many of us find ourselves capitulating. Folding, giving in to the inimitable situation we’re all reeling under, or unravelling in, take your pick. Dare you have any vices that include tobacco or alcohol, that diminishing stash you...