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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Book review: We Don’t Talk About It. Ever.

If you’ve ever wondered about how drug addiction ruins a life full of potential, this brutally honest memoir will give you the lowdown. Addiction is not a quick process, instead, it is a relentless, repetitive, ever-deepening gouging of all semblance of normality, until nothing is left but the heartbeat keeping you alive.

Lifestyle Opinion
Helen Grange|Published

'The Lost Boys of Bird Island': Let's start at the beginning

The death of author Mark Minnie may have elevated interest in his book tenfold.

Entertainment Books Reviews
Helen Grange|Published

Yes, really, this is about a gushingly interesting life

Unless you know Kate Turkington, as a friend, family member or fan, her admittedly eventful and globally expansive life stops short of being a thrilling must-read for everybody

Entertainment Books Reviews
Helen Grange|Published

Tracy Going's book about abuse is poignant and forceful

?Please don?t,? I said, my words nearly silent. ?Please don?t hit me. ? But he did. He slammed his right fist into my eye. ?

Entertainment Books Reviews
Helen Grange|Published

Zanzibar: Exotic, inexpensive and only three hours from Joburg (Part. 2)

Helen Grange jets off to Zanzibar, which makes for an idyllic tropical island paradise escape with its stark paradoxes so characteristic of our wild continent

Travel
Helen Grange|Published

Zanzibar: Exotic, inexpensive and only three hours from Joburg (Part. 1)

Helen Grange jets off to Zanzibar, which makes for an idyllic tropical island paradise escape with its stark paradoxes so characteristic of our wild continent

Travel
Helen Grange|Published

A roadtrip to Cape Town with 2 teenagers on a shoestring budget

Gift your kids with memories the old-fashioned way, by taking a road trip and staying with the locals.

Travel
Helen Grange|Published

Brave, searingly honest memoir by child of apartheid era

Book Review: Killing Caroline nu Sara-Jayne King.

Entertainment Books Reviews
Helen Grange|Published

PICS: The colours of the coming year

What are the colour themes that are going to define our environments next year? Helen Grange finds out.

Lifestyle Home Garden
Helen Grange|Published

Mauritius more than just about getting away

The island holiday is not about ?getting away? but ?getting well?.

Cape Times Escape Times
Helen Grange|Published

PICS: Turn up the heat in your bathroom

Use technology and nature-inspired design to create a warm, inviting bathroom this winter, writes Helen Grange.

Lifestyle Home Garden
Helen Grange|Published

Pretoria hotel is a home away from home

Staying a while in Pretoria? Try the new ?apartment hotel? in Menlyn Maine, a home away from home, writes Helen Grange.

Travel
Helen Grange|Published

Midrand: SA'S crafted leisure destination

Once a featureless plain between Johannesburg and Tshwane, Midrand has come into its own as a leisure destination.

Travel
Helen Grange|Published

World’s 4th largest model of Titanic on SA soil

Over the past two years historian and Titanic enthusiast Gino Hart has been building the world?s fourth-largest model of the Titanic in the Free State.

News South Africa Western Cape
Helen Grange|Published

World’s 4th largest model of Titanic built on SA soil

Over the past two years, the quiet little town of Villiers has been manifesting something amazing – the world’s fourth-largest model of the Titanic.

Cape Times News
Helen Grange|Published

PICS: Chalk it up a notch

It’s not ‘chalk’, but paint, and if you have an old piece of furniture needing a makeover, ‘chalk paint’ is your one-stop solution, writes Helen Grange.

Lifestyle Home Garden
Helen Grange|Published

Vaping gains ground

It has become so popular, there’s a shop near you. Helen Grange looks at liquid tobacco atomisers

Daily News Lifestyle
Helen Grange|Published

Don’t let retirement lead to an early death

Men, in their golden years, need something to retire to, not from, the experts advise. Helen Grange explores

Daily News Lifestyle
Helen Grange|Published

Three essential constituents of action towards success

Success is on every business leader’s lips. But the tools to achieve it are not always clearly understood, says Indian philosopher and author

Daily News Lifestyle
Helen Grange|Published

What is it like for kids in TV ads?

Behind the scenes of that TV advert featuring a cute kid is a lot of hard slog, for the child and the parents, writes Helen Grange.

Lifestyle Family Parenting
Helen Grange|Published

Diabetes: How we can stop the epidemic

Diabetes is rising rapidly in South Africa. What can be done? Helen Grange asks the experts.

Lifestyle Health
Helen Grange|Published

A Turkish spa, without the ‘wet’ bits

Helen Grange visited Yadah Castle and its new Hammam Spa near Irene in Pretoria.

Travel South Africa Gauteng
Helen Grange|Published

What to do before you say ‘I do’

Planning a wedding takes work. Planning a marriage should take harder work, writes Helen Grange.

Lifestyle Love Sex Relationships
Helen Grange|Published

What to do before you say 'I do'

Planning a wedding takes work. Planning a marriage should take harder work, writes HELEN GRANGE

Daily News Lifestyle
Helen Grange|Published

Drones are the latest buzz in South Africa

This technology is quickly being incorporated into our lifestyles and surroundings, writes Helen Grange

Daily News Lifestyle
Helen Grange|Published