On Thursday South Africa was confronted by a horrible little news story about a jealous man who had killed his rival and was found eating the victim’s heart. There are 1000 reasons why cannibalism is wrong, but there’s one very good health reason: it can destroy your brain. Cannibalism is bad for you in a […]

Hello. You know I’m going to talk about it, right? The murderously beautiful and heartless storm that’s blowing in tonight. Her lil’ sister arrived yesterday, but she was just a shrieking weeper. This is no drama queen: she’s an ice-bearing snow-assassin. And she’s beautiful. I’m only preoccupied with this because at night I’m safe, but […]

This past week another senseless and random killing incident, this time in California, US, hit the headlines. A 22-year-old student named Elliot Rodger stabbed three housemates, then went on a shooting spree, killing another three people and wounding seven more before turning the gun on himself. Rodger is the son of Hollywood filmmaker Peter Rodger, […]

Back for two minutes because when I say I’m going to bed, I mean I’ll be watching True Detective there, right? And I have something to say: It starts with the Nicholas Cage film Leaving Las Vegas – like Elisabeth Shue’s character in that film, I would stay the hopeless course – there are many […]

So this is a habit, this thing where I document my train journey of the eve of a major election. It’s an autumn evening: the sky is full of clotted clouds skimmed with setting sunlight. The previous train was so full that seasoned commuters sat it out, and now we’re on another with seats for […]

Tarantino could make a movie about it – a wild movie. Imagine the story: A rogue gang of crack-wound right-wing supremacists come riding out of the mountains somewhere in Idaho. The scene changes to a girls-only school where a class has been brought back after-hours to rewrite an exam. You see the principal looking shifty, […]

It’s a funny thing – if you look back over human history, the great and the terrible things all start with one incident. Sure, there’s usually a witch’s brew of underlying issues, but it’s one argument, one decision, one shot fired, one tank rolling over a border-post that sets off the big thing: the world-changing […]

Call all your friends – have them arrive in groups, in happy clumps. Arrange the glasses, open the bottles, tear at the food. You sit in your favourite chair, I’ll sit on the floor between your feet – my legs crossed and my cup full with your hand on my shoulder, as sharp and happy […]

By youthissueseditor We three, M, S and I, as friends of many years, have several traditions. We have been known to run whole-day Tarantino fests that go down in a blaze of popcorn, tortillas, red wine and screen-violence – we end off sedate dinners with hours of dancing at clubs that play what we want […]

Took a train home to False Bay yesterday, somewhere down the packed carriage, a young busker plays two faultless and beautiful Marley songs. He leaves with his shy and lovely smile.There are worse ways to take the line home on an Autumn Friday. Every little thing…is gonna be al-right. (04/2014)