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Is the National Arts Festival worth the effort?
STAGES OF LIFE OP-ED

Is the National Arts Festival worth the effort?

Of course it is. It’s more than a festival, it’s where the nation gathers to bare its soul.

By Keith Bain
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Obsession: A disturbing look at toxic love in a modern fairy tale

By Noelle Adams
Obsession: A disturbing look at toxic love in a modern fairy tale
TRIBUTE

How Abdullah Ibrahim became the soundtrack of my young life

By Bongani Madondo
How Abdullah Ibrahim became the soundtrack of my young life
SPONSORED CONTENT

Cape Union Mart launches “Live Life Outside,” marking a bold new brand direction

By Cape Union Mart
Cape Union Mart launches “Live Life Outside,” marking a bold new brand direction
IN PICTURES

Where the sun stands still, solstice crowds gather at stonehenge

By Daily Maverick Photo Team
Where the sun stands still, solstice crowds gather at stonehenge
Coming to America: Crossing the border between promise and politics
SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS

Coming to America: Crossing the border between promise and politics

By Azu Ishiekwene
Why your inner critic shouldn’t have the final word
GROWTH MINDSET OP-ED

Why your inner critic shouldn’t have the final word

By Louise Janovsky
A Collection of Gaps: A non-linear exploration of the body, home and displacement
THE INTERVIEW

A Collection of Gaps: A non-linear exploration of the body, home and displacement

By Joy Watson
Can you really drain your lymphatic system, and should you?
THE CONVERSATION

Can you really drain your lymphatic system, and should you?

By Belinda Thompson and Louise Koelmeyer
Young, talented, underfunded: The bright sparks at the theatre’s fringe
THE INTERVIEW

Young, talented, underfunded: The bright sparks at the theatre’s fringe

By Keith Bain
Struggling with depression, anxiety, or relationship burnout? Ask a mental health expert anything
EXPERT Q&A

Struggling with depression, anxiety, or relationship burnout? Ask a mental health expert anything

By Daily Maverick Connect
Butter or margarine? A food scientist describes their subtle differences
THE CONVERSATION

Butter or margarine? A food scientist describes their subtle differences

By Rosemary Trout
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s latest alien sci-fi prioritises human conflict over the extraterrestrial spectacle

By Sam Spiller
Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s latest alien sci-fi prioritises human conflict over the extraterrestrial spectacle
REFLECTION

Netflix’s The Polygamist confuses culture with sexual deviance

By Bhekisisa Mncube
Netflix’s The Polygamist confuses culture with sexual deviance
SUSPENDED DISBELIEF

‘I have the power!’– New He-Man film will delight kids of the ’80s

By Sandra Visser
‘I have the power!’– New He-Man film will delight kids of the ’80s
BOOK EXCERPT

The Klein Karoo’s Red Stone Hills: Small potatoes for geologists, high value for photographers

By Chris Marais and Julienne Du Toit
Unmerry Tradwives

The Polygamist: Netflix ‘supernovella’ tops Madlanga Commission as national conversation

By Marianne Thamm
IN PICTURES

President Trump hosts UFC Freedom 250 fight at the White House, and more from around the world

By Daily Maverick Photo Team
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Je m’appelle Agneta: There’s no age limit on rewriting your life story

By Kristen Harding
What is ‘clean eating’ and how can it affect wellbeing?
THE CONVERSATION

What is ‘clean eating’ and how can it affect wellbeing?

While clean eating encourages nutritious habits, it can spiral into obsession, risking both physical and mental well-being, especially fuelled by social media.

By Gemma Sharp
THEATRE REVIEW

Orpheus in the Underworld: Cape Town City Ballet’s hilarious spoof of a timeless myth

By Keith Bain
IN PICTURES

Abdullah Ibrahim, SA cultural giant and jazz maestro, dies at 91

By Daily Maverick Photo Team
THEATRE REVIEW

Constellations: The fragile calculus of human emotions

By Keith Bain
THE CONVERSATION

I don’t want to kill bugs in my house. What should I do instead?

By Tanya Latty
I walked 1,600km across SA — here’s what the country taught me
BEYOND DIVISION

I walked 1,600km across SA — here’s what the country taught me

By Wandile Mthiyane
Soweto is setting the stage to remember the youth of 1976
PASSING THE TORCH

Soweto is setting the stage to remember the youth of 1976

By Bridget Hilton-Barber
Przewalski’s horses in Hortobagy National Park, and more from around the world
IN PICTURES

Przewalski’s horses in Hortobagy National Park, and more from around the world

By Daily Maverick Photo Team
Killer Queen: Fierce young talent defying the laws of gravity
THEATRE REVIEW

Killer Queen: Fierce young talent defying the laws of gravity

By Keith Bain

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