Stinky's holiday in Sutherland

My brother Stinky went on a road trip to Sutherland.

On Christmas Eve he had a little too much to drink.

He fell in love with wind-me- up Sandy Claws

and after a night of sordid fun

Sandy Claws said to Stinky:

Thanks for the ride, babe.

Stinky cried all the way back to Cape Town


Poor Stinky

Article: Ride Magazine

Published in Ride Magazine August '05

This piece on the type of bike needed for the Tour d'frique I wrote for Ride Magazine, Shortly after returning from the incredible journey.

Photography: Rodin, Oh Rodin!

Augustine Rodin - 1841-1917

Paris - Cape Town - Jesus loves Calvin Klein

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I had the immense pleasure of experiencing Gavin Rajah’s Spring/Summer haute couture show in Paris.One of the fabulous ghd boys takes a flash break from fluffing hair at Paris Fashion Week.

One of the fabulous ghd boys takes a flash break from fluffing hair at Paris Fashion Week.
The ghd hair gel/mousse/glue is really brilliant. It will shape your hair any way you like it. You can also stick pencils or kitchen utensils to your head.

Paris Haute Couture - Holland's Next Top model

During Paris Haute Couture week, one of these two hopeful Dutch models were chosen to walk down the ramp during Gavin Rajah's show. And no, it was not the one who didn't grasp the concept of Haute Couture and then sneered in contempt at the judges. It does raise a few questions; does it matter if a model 'gets' couture, or if she understand the designers' inspiration, and does this reflect how she walks? Is this why Heidi Klum and her cronies are still in the business? Or is it just a beautiful body, big mouth and the obligatory Bolivian March that keeps the beauties at the top? Gavin Rajah invited the loser of this game to watch his show - so she can come to grips with couture. She strolled in like a diva with cameras flashing and films rolling (so Peroni), and not in the least fazed. There is a lot more hard candy in this potential idols judge than in her sugar sweet companion.

Mirror Mirror on the wall... who is the sweetest of them all...

Paris - The Rajah's paternal instinct on show

Paris Fashion Week (Couture)

It is fitting for a haute couture designer to flaunt his creativity in radical ways. A model with her baby and Gavin Rajah with - well, somebody elses baby still rates as one of the most striking images I have seen on the catwalk. Next up - a model on an Indian Elephant dressed in couture? (the elephant not the model). Size 0 models are so last year anyway. And since Gavin Rajah has aligned himself with Unicef in advocating the protection of children it all seems to fit well.