In about 1964, I chatted up a girl called Felicity, working in a pharmacy in Sandton, a suburb of Johannesburg. We started dating but she lived on the far side of the city in Bedfordview, which involved a long drive to see her. Nevertheless, we continued to date for some months. By then, she had […]
Chris wonders whether we realize how much of our planet is desert or semi-desert and why it is that so many struggle to live in these conditions.
Chris’ failing memory leads to an amazing Internet discovery followed by better recall over a fine Victorian hotel in the Karoo.
There are a number of specific places in South Africa that are firmly lodged in my memory of earlier years. Most contain happy memories, some not so much and some are a mix of happy and sad. Hillbrow falls into the latter category. The Johannesburg suburb of Hillbrow was largely developed after World War II. […]
Chris writes video scripts (one written, directed and presented by Chris) , weekly blogs plus the life story of Peter Warren and his creation of ExoBrain.
Chris writes first science fiction comedy for the new black TV channels, followed by other popular drama series.
Chris helps pioneer entertainment movies written specifically for black audiences.
When I was still working in the local South African film industry, probably in the 1980s, I met Diana Ginsberg and Lionel Friedberg. Lionel was an up-and-coming cinematographer in the local industry and Diana was a really creative film editor. They later married and went to Los Angeles where they both carved out successful careers […]
After leaving school in 1954 and travelling 2,500 miles by train from outside Durban on the East Coast to the West Coast of Southern Africa, I arrived in Walvis Bay in Namibia. Walvis Bay has had a curious history. It was first visited by the Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias in 1487 on his expedition to […]