Tag: carte blanche

“I was part of ‘that’ generation. The one old enough to remember the bitterness of defeat at the hands of England, the weather and the infernal Messrs Duckworth and Lewis at the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Well, on our way to victory, a sudden downpour left us needing 22 off just one ball.  And in the… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 22 June 2025

“If you’re a regular on social media, you’ll have detected a concerning swing towards content that pushes the boundaries of what is morally acceptable. Among the most repugnant are videos in which online ‘celebrities’ not only glorify violence but often incite it, too. It’s no surprise that the narcissistic quest for clicks and follows has… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 15 June 2025

“Spoiler alert: the crew producing one of this week’s stories almost got arrested for their troubles.” – John Webb, Executive Producer Vulture Rescue Last month, crisis struck the Kruger National Park. Poachers laced an elephant carcass with toxic chemicals, poisoning hundreds of vultures. But in the wake of one of Southern Africa’s worst wildlife poisoning… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 8 June 2025

“It’s counterintuitive, at least for the less narcissistically inclined, for filmmakers to turn the camera on themselves. Ours is to tell other people’s stories, not our own. And yet, occasionally, we become the story – even fleetingly – and we’re compelled to reflect on how our own experiences coalesce with those of our case studies.… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 1 June 2025

“It was a weekday morning in April and, having left the Oranjeville area in driving rain, I’d joined the N1 heading to Beaufort West and beyond. Almost as soon as I left the onramp, my car began to behave oddly, sliding like a pair of rubber-soled shoes on a freshly mopped floor. I slowed to… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 25 May 2025

“So, industrial scale mining is being presented as the answer to Oyster Bay’s “sand migration” problem. I’m a layman on these matters, so how was the issue dealt with over the past I don’t know two, three hundred years? Has the sand recently developed a will of its own, marching single-mindedly on the town and… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 18 May 2025