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Reinventing the Old & Revolutionising the New

Durban based furniture designer and artist Xavier Clarrise is unmistakably French. French ,you could say, in the way film maker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) makes cinema…

neilcoppenFebruary 11, 2010

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Anglo-Boer(-ing) War Conference

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neilcoppenFebruary 8, 2010

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Urban Ambling

Working towards a philosophy of architecture without walls, Mauritian born and Durban based architect Doung Anwar Jahangeer's guided city- walks have been reshaping and shifting…

neilcoppenJanuary 29, 2010

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Giant Killer Prehistoric Rubber-Duck on the Rampage

My brother Gregg and his wife Angella (a web developer and illustrator) live on a mountainside in Fishhoek in the Western Cape. Their house overlooks…

neilcoppenJanuary 14, 2010

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The Molars Of Judgement

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neilcoppenJanuary 5, 2010

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Durban’s Endangered Art Deco Empires

To this day the Art Deco style remains a contentious and oft disputed entry into the Architectural journals and history books. With its penchant for…

neilcoppenDecember 7, 2009

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A post apocalyptic love story for these dark ages

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neilcoppenDecember 7, 2009

poetry Short stories

A body undone

On a hospital slab. Insides out, body parts in plastic bags, cotton wool taped over eyes. The anaesthetist reaches over and touches a braid of…

neilcoppenAugust 19, 2009

poetry

August Apocalypse

Beauty in my review mirror Squinting nonchalant into the sun Friday 5 o'clock traffic Head cocked in half thought Lips shaping the lyrics to some…

neilcoppenAugust 15, 2009

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Top Billing from the Bottom Drawer

Last Thursday I happened upon an episode of Top Billing on SABC 3. What ensued over the next hour was something, that as much as…

neilcoppenAugust 5, 2009