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Gogga, one of the best spinners of all time

January 21, 2020 · By John Young

First published in Cape Argus, 15 March 2002. John Young on South Africa’s test spinner. Denys Hobson must have been smiling at Paul Adams’s return to test cricket last weekend. …

Tags: Denys Hobson, Don Bradman, Gary Sobers, Paul Adams, spin bowling, strike rates, Terry Jenner

The perfect picnic at Lord’s

January 13, 2020 · By John Young

John Young explores the social ‘season’ of London’s cricket crowds. This article first appeared in The Weekender, 2008. There is a small patch of grass in west London that on …

Tags: MCC, Picnic, Restaurant review, The Season

A rollicking time at Big Time Taverna

January 13, 2020 · By John Young

There’s really no way of getting consolation for missing out on a game of golf on one of South Africa’s finest courses. Even when no-one else on the sub-continent is …

Tags: Jeff Clause, Peri Tsiotsiopoulos, Restaurant review, St Francis Bay, St Francis Links

It’s all about the chair

January 13, 2020 · By John Young

John Young discovered in Copenhagen earlier this year that although Danes appreciate good design of all kinds, they can’t stop loving the chair. First published in Sunday Times, 17 August …

Tags: Chair, Denmark

Turning green into gold

January 13, 2020 · By John Young

Denmark has found a way to grow its economy and reduce energy consumption. The House of Green in central Copenhagen is a sophisticated, high-tech, showcase of Denmark’s green economy. At …

Tags: Denmark, energy, Renewable energy, Utility, Wind turbines

Water solutions are available

January 13, 2020 · By John Young

The De Rust WaterWise Ways project is showing the way. This article first appeared in Western Cape Business 2020 Edition A pilot project in the small rural town of De Rust …

Tags: De Rust, Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve, Water, Western Cape

Italian town is still saying ‘dankie’ to SA

January 9, 2020 · By John Young

A town high in the mountains between Florence and Bologna has not forgotten how South African soldiers saved its citizens from murderous Gestapo troops. First published in Business Day, 21 …

Tags: 6th Division, Italy, World War 2

Experience in icy Greenland pays off in sunny Uganda.

January 9, 2020 · By John Young

Solar-powering up a community for improved living conditions – and profit. When the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) realised that the forests on the shores of Lake George in …

Tags: Africa, Denmark, Renewable energy, Solar power

Stop flooding, save R100-million and create a lovely park – it can be done.

January 9, 2020 · By John Young

When a little town north of Copenhagen was buffeted by a once-in-a-generation flood, the estimated cost of building canals and dams to prevent it happening again was put at 100-million …

Tags: Denmark, Design, green economy, NIRAS, Water conservation

Langa’s kids and their hockey ‘bats’

January 9, 2020 · By John Young

The Cape Town township has become a centre of excellence for producing players, signally hope for the next Olympics. First published in Mail & Guardian, 14 October 2016. “There is …

Tags: Bob Woolmer, John McInroy, Langa, Langa Hockey Club, Lungile Tsolekile, Olympics

Extreme golfing, Welsh-style

January 9, 2020 · By John Young

First published in Travel & Food, Sunday Times, 27 April 2008. Golfing in Wales separates the men from the boys, and the sheep from the sheepish, writes John Young. Dr …

Tags: Bernard Darwin, Dr Samuel Johnson, Golf, Wales

Denmark’s claim to art fame goes beyond Gaugin

January 9, 2020 · By John Young

First published in Business Day 25 January 2019. Country is a world leader with its take on Scandinavian design ethic. Lovers of Paul Gauguin’s art love visiting Copenhagen, which is …

Tags: Copenhagen, Denmark, Design, Gaugin, Impressionists, Louisiana Museum

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