Celebrate Summer with Smiths Gins
Discover Smiths Gins – South Africa’s award-winning small-batch gin range, now available exclusively on Takealot from 27 October 2025. Celebrate summer with soul, flavour, and handcrafted perfection. A Toast to South African Spirit There’s something magical about a...
The Roses: A Softer Spin on a Brutal Classic
The decision to retitle the new adaptation of Warren Adler’s The War of the Roses as simply The Roses feels deliberate. Where Adler’s novel and its 1989 film version, directed by Danny DeVito and starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, revelled in the poisonous...
Book with Race Day Events for the drive of a lifetime
Lume Agency and Race Car Events recently invited me to a turbo-charged, fuel-injection, high-octane morning that I'll never forget. Wait, let me check if there's any other petrolhead jargon I can throw in here. Nope, all good for now 🤭🏎️ Race Day Events gives you the...
The Shape of Monsters is Five Stars
Author CL Hellisen sent me a link for an early listen of their Audible Original, The Shape of Monsters. I've set myself the task of reading 365 books this year. Yes, you read that right. Because with audio I get to read so much more while I'm multitasking. To date,...
Review: Inside F1: Life Alongside Legends

Review: Inside F1: Life Alongside Legends

When you need an F1 fix in the off-season, there’s no shortage of books to dive into. In December, I dropped an Audible credit on this book, read by the author, and very entertaining. Inside F1: Life Alongside Legends is a must-read book for any Formula One...

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How to spend your time when there’s no race

How to spend your time when there’s no race

Formula 1 fans may or may not be familiar with the name Jason Plato. While he didn’t race in F1, he’s a racing car driver with quite a pedigree. He has completed the second most British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) races, trailing only rival Matt Neal in total...

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Review: Lights Out, Full Throttle

Review: Lights Out, Full Throttle

Recently, having an Audible credit and an idle mind, I stumbled across this book by Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill. I really enjoyed their commentary when I still watched the races on Sky Sports F1 (I’ve since moved to F1 TV Pro). Anyway, I decided this could be...

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February F1: drama, suspense, and zoomies

February F1: drama, suspense, and zoomies

February was an exciting month for F1 fans around the world. There were new liveries leaked revealed, Lewis Hamilton returned to social media, the FIA’s commented on the last race of the 2021 season and cancelled the Russian GP, and of course, there was the first...

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The Subaru XV: cross over to adventure

The Subaru XV: cross over to adventure

Syllable was affiliated to Subaru and their digital agency at the time of writing. I’ve asked Grant for his thoughts on the Subaru XV, so this co-written post is a first. OK, so it’s mostly Grant’s words, with my two cents in italics. I've always been a bit of a...

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Some technical bits about my Volvo V40 mothership*

Some technical bits about my Volvo V40 mothership*

*My (own) little car is a tiny three-door hatch, so I really do feel like I’m piloting a ship through the choppy seas Jo’burg traffic in the five-door V40. Also, it lights up like something from a distant galaxy. I can tell you that even when stuck in traffic for two...

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