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Nature versus nurture... The engines were revving high. The first few months of the year had taken my plans and goals and run amok, laughing in the face of my aspirations. The first quarter had literally demolished my calm, leaving me with only one...

The Fever Tree is a wonderfully intelligent and creative organism of Mother Nature. A striking pistachio trunk sprouts thorny branches with green leaves and yellow pom-pom flowers. But here's the magic. It also has a "sacrificial limb", a single branch that turns brown and...

10 parents, 14 children and one long weekend. In my world that's regarded as outnumbered. It can also be a little stressful when walking the tightrope of a luxury travel writing assignment, navigating the chicane of parenting - and the treacherous tasks of feeding...

The Garden Route takes the lion's share of the glory when it comes to the Western Cape's claim to being among the world's most beautiful. But those in the know in South Africa also quietly celebrate the lesser known treasures of the west coast's N7...