How do you write a myth? With difficulty, I’ve found. It’s not that there is little to say about the one-time nightclub photographer Billy Monk. His short but spectacular life has spawned a veritable archive of hundreds of photographs and thousands of words, many of them rumours. Nevertheless, the abundance of the archive is refracted through an abruptly premature death, rendering the man a kaleidoscopic figure: never fixed, always colourful.  Words: Mia McCarthy  To start:

Why Philip Kramer makes. Award-winning designer Philip Kramer fantasises about full-time employment. “I have a fantasy where I earn a salary. Yeah, I'll tell you that. I have a fantasy where, like, it's the 28th (of the month) and I have R50,000, and I have my expenses covered, and my job does not require me to spend half the money I make on the job itself. It’s like, you don't work in an office, and then they're like, Phil, it’s your turn to buy paper for the office, and you

A Forgotten Story of South African Garden Cities and the Quest for Affordable Housing. “Perhaps [building ‘smart cities’ is a way] of ignoring the old stupid cities that we already have…” Ivan Vladislavic  It’s always tickled me that one of Cape Town’s suburban shopping centres is named after a British utopian socialist urban-planner from the late Victorian era. This is, of course, the Howard Centre in the heart of Pinelands. It was named for Sir Ebenezer Howard OBE (1850-192

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 300  FOR THOSE WHO SEE A VEHICLE not merely as transport, but as an extension of taste, ambition, and lifestyle, the Toyota Land Cruiser 300 is in a class of its own. In South Africa, where the road shifts seamlessly from pristine coastline to rugged hinterland, this SUV promises both sophistication and capability without compromise.  A Statement of Presence  From the moment it appears on the horizon, the Land Cruiser 300 commands attention. Its bold grill