Life Trove

I spent a wonderful time in the cathedral, reminiscing about my choir days and listening to the sublime music sung by an opera singer who ha...

A wonderful trip down memory lane.  St Georges, my old school, was unfortunately all locked up but I managed to take photos through the gate...

"Every life has a soundtrack." Jodi Picoult I love that you can embed your Spotify playlists into your web site. Here are the so...

It feels sad knowing some of your teachers have passed away, especially ones you were close to.  It reminds you of your own mortality and th...

Graeme! Wow, it's been ages. Thanks for being such a kind soul at school. (St. George's std 3-5) I remember being afraid...

I wrote this true short piece for students to introduce "used to" and "would" to talk about repeated actions and states ...

I love Facebook !! It is keeping me linked in with all my old friends. Patrick just uploaded this old class photo from St Georges. Good fun ...

 

Mr Suttle taught me Latin through my senior school years.  He taught us Latin translation (using brilliant texts he'd developed himself)...

INTRODUCTION “The great aim of archaeology”, Philippe Diole suggests, is to restore the warmth and truth of life to dead objects. “ Nowher...

Science, Technology and a Limited Planet G. Myburgh In a topic of this nature, it is essential, I believe, to be objective. Writing as a...

Reports from my school years. As you can see, I was a very hard working student and I did well at school although it took its toll in the fo...

In my matric year at school, the family went on holiday to Mauritius. My main memory is of a yacht cruise on my birthday where I unfortunate...