Yes, it's the day for red roses and candlelit dinners, the day some of us have to fight them off with a stick.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief.

Haiku is a Japanese poetic form of three lines in which two images or ideas are juxtaposed and then "cut" by a kireji, or cutting-word.

THEY’RE alarming these predictions that rhino could be headed for extinction if poaching in this country continues at its present rate. After the astonishing success of the rescue from extinction of the white rhino – to which people like Ian Player devoted a lifetime – it’s nothing short of heartbreaking.

YESTERDAY we discussed the imminence of an invasion as a possible rationale for the rash of changes in place names, especially on the east coast. You know, have them thinking they’re marching to Pretoria when actually they’re marching to Baardskeerdersbos.

ANTHROPOLOGISTS in Peru are fascinated by a tribe in the Amazon jungle who show no interest whatever in engaging with the outside world. In fact the closest the Mashco-Pico people have come to making contact with outsiders is to shoot at them with bows and arrows when they intrude on their territory.

The campaign for the Republican Party candidacy to take on Barack Obama in this year’s US presidential election is turning nasty

ONE COULD understand an escort of fighter aircraft if the presidential jet were being flown over hostile territory.

Tyger tyger burning bright, In the forests of the night…

The disappointed surprise in various quarters at the failure of the host this year to meaningfully insult anyone at the Golden Globe Awards.