by Suzanne Whitby | Jun 5, 2018 | Notebook, To export
I love this story: Christopher Wren was a famous English architect and builder who lived from 1632-1723. Legend has it that he was walking past three stone cutters working on the rebuilding of St. Paul’s cathedral. He asked them each what they were doing. The first...
by Suzanne Whitby | Feb 28, 2018 | Relocated to whitbys.org
In 1975, the Ponte tower in Johannesburg’s Berea was sparkling and new and highly desirable. Its 464 apartments were 90% let, including the one- and two-bedroomed luxury flats on floors 41-46; the luxury three-bedroomed flats on floors 47-50; and the ultra-luxury...
by Suzanne Whitby | Jan 18, 2018 | Relocated to whitbys.org
Occasionally I want to download things and to do so, I have to exchange my email address. Although I manage my own email server and can therefore set up disposable email addresses, this always feels like a bit of a faff. I’d much rather have a disposable email...
by Suzanne Whitby | Sep 26, 2017 | Notebook, To export
Last week, we stayed in a lovely B&B in a medieval town called Dürnstein in Lower Austria. The people were wonderful, the food delicious, the wine even better but the weather… Meh. It could have been better, especially considering that my winter and cold-weather...
by Suzanne Whitby | Sep 14, 2017 | Hopeful, sustainable futures, To export
I’m a big supporter of literacy projects, whatever the language, and whilst oral storytelling imparts a number of literacy skills, the ability to actually read is fundamental, and often something that readers take for granted. With literacy in mind, I thought I’d...
