Your lifestyle 30.3.2019 08:49 am
An orchid for Kia, an onion for BMW and misguided millennialism
It’s a mystery why big brands continue to throw huge amounts of marketing money at a group that can’t buy what they’re selling.
One of the things I love about advertising and marketing commentator Bob Hoffman is his contrarian way (his blog is called The Ad Contrarian … google it: you may not agree with everything he says, but you will be entertained) of cutting through ad industry flim-flam.
Your lifestyle JK Rowling is roasted with very NSFW jokes
The author is being taken to task over her comments that Grindelwald and Dumbledore were involved in ‘an intense relationship’.
Your lifestyle Pigeon sells for R21.6 million
The bird had been nicknamed the ‘Lewis Hamilton of racing pigeons’.
Your lifestyle Organising a wedding is like having a second job – study
Forty percent of respondents believe organising a wedding now is harder than it was 20 years ago.
Your lifestyle Bucking the crisis, Greek microbreweries bubble to the fore
Bent over a barrel, Greek microbrewer Sophocles Panagiotou lovingly draws a measure of his Septem Red Ale into a glass cylinder and expertly transfers it to a glass.
Your lifestyle ‘Momo challenge’ stories a hoax
Messages from ‘Momo’ allegedly encouraged youngsters to engage in a variety of self-harming activities.
Your lifestyle Dress to kill and win a five-star trip to the races in London
All you have to do is get dressed up to the nines and win the best-dressed competition, which takes place at Cape Town’s Kenilworth Racecourse on Saturday.
Your lifestyle Researchers have charted how long most new year’s resolutions last
New Year, Same You? is a survey that charts how long new year’s resolutions last, so that new resolution makers may know when their willpower will fail them.
Your lifestyle Three great holiday reads
They’re the kind of holiday reading that is profound without being heavy, excellent without being overly wordy.
Your lifestyle Why feeling younger than you are is good for you
One group of researchers even found that people with a lower subjective age have a younger looking brain.
Your lifestyle PICS: All the adorable cuteness of this year World of Dogs & Cats expo
From a poodle named Daniel Craig to a dog that looks like a floor mop, this year’s expo again paid tribute to pets in all their adorable variety.
Your lifestyle Razzle and dazzle at Durban July
Women channelled The Great Gatsby and male partners upped their style game.
Your lifestyle Grand White Dinner another big hit
The event was held at SuperSport Park Stadium in Centurion on Saturday.
Your lifestyle Pet cloning is not just for celebrities anymore
After photographer Monni Must’s 28-year-old daughter Miya committed suicide while in the midst of an abusive relationship, the grieving mother adopted Miya’s spunky black Labrador, Billy Bean.
Your lifestyle Inxeba shows how far African storytelling still has to go
Inxeba became a talking point after it was deemed inappropriate by cultural committees and church groups.
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