Lindsay Slogrove

Durban

News Editor at Independent Online

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Articles

The hit that would change me forever

1 month ago | iol.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

Milton Schorr has been free of drugs for 20 years. He writes about his experiences in the book AddictPublished 2m ago | Published 2m ago"I wanted to be who I felt I was. Broken. A wreck. Unloveable."In this no-holds-barred, raw memoir, Addict: A Tale of Drugs and Recovery, Milton Schorr describes his pursuit of drug-induced oblivion and descent into junky hell and degradation and the hard journey to recovery.
The hit that would change me forever

1 month ago | tios.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

Milton Schorr has been free of drugs for 20 years. He writes about his experiences in the book AddictPublished 5h ago | Published 5h ago"I wanted to be who I felt I was. Broken. A wreck. Unloveable."In this no-holds-barred, raw memoir, Addict: A Tale of Drugs and Recovery, Milton Schorr describes his pursuit of drug-induced oblivion and descent into junky hell and degradation and the hard journey to recovery.
The hit that would change me forever

1 month ago | persfin.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

Milton Schorr has been free of drugs for 20 years. He writes about his experiences in the book AddictPublished 5h ago | Published 5h ago"I wanted to be who I felt I was. Broken. A wreck. Unloveable."In this no-holds-barred, raw memoir, Addict: A Tale of Drugs and Recovery, Milton Schorr describes his pursuit of drug-induced oblivion and descent into junky hell and degradation and the hard journey to recovery.
The call of the Kalahari

Jan 15, 2025 | iol.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

Klein Jan's Boscia House in the vast Kalahari. Published 12m ago | Published 12m agoWithin the vast, sprawling Tswalu private reserve in the green Kalahari is a restaurant built on a dream. Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen writes in his new cookbook that when he first saw Boscia House he was struck by the notion of creating something from nothing while staying true to the Tswalu mission of not disturbing nature’s delicate balance.
Next level cadre deployment

Nov 24, 2024 | capetimes.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

| Published 10m agoCouch exclusive: a breakthrough insight into South Africa’s influence and biggest export ‒ cadre deployment. Twixt gasps of horror, hysterical laughter and enormous hypocrisy in the face of what the couch preaches so loudly and frequently ‒ trying to find kindness in your heart while dealing with awful, ignorant people ‒ has been a macabre and magnetic voyeurism of watching the US’s slow-mo train smash.
Reading up a thunderstorm

Nov 12, 2024 | capetimes.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

File imagePublished 10m ago | Published 10m agoWe’ve had a couple of dingy weekends, great for curling up on the couch with the thunder-sedated dogs and some terrific just-in-time-for-Christmas or summer holiday books. There was no better reason to turn off the phone and tear my eyes away from the most chilling horror show on TV, the US elections, than a new Michael Connelly release: this one called The Waiting.
Real reason birds are angry

Nov 4, 2024 | iol.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

It’s no wonder parent birds get angry when they have to deal with the incessant squawking of a hangry chick. Published 18m ago | Published 18m agoEver wonder why Angry Birds are? Or why some arb grumpy starling or mynah mobs you, literally out of the blue? The possible reason has been wafting in my window for the last two weeks or so and pinging around my brain in my “office/dining/dining area”.
Morningside landmark Manor House on a hill

Sep 14, 2024 | iol.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

Silhouetted against the sky is Durban’s landmark Manor House, built circa 1904 for sugar baron Sir Liege Hulett. The road is still made of gravel. Published 5m ago | Published 5m agoToday’s feature on a historic Durban landmark focuses on the Manor House in 14 Nuttall Gardens, Morningside. Its porticos and colonnades were designed in a Revived English Baroque architectural style, and is a significant Berea landmark near Mitchell Park.
I’d walk through fire for ID book

Jul 27, 2024 | iol.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

The old green ID book – if you have one, walk through fire to hold onto it. | SAPSPublished 21m ago | Published 21m agoDurban — You know how the couch loves plans and lists. There’s one for every eventuality, some more important than others. For peace of mind, there’s one we could absolutely not do without even though it is hopefully one we will never have to implement: the emergency house fire evacuation plan.
Brute force inspires dad joke

Jul 20, 2024 | iol.co.za | Lindsay Slogrove

Republican president Richard Nixon points to a reporter during a press conference in Washington DC. Nixon had to resign in August 1974 after the Watergate scandal. Picture: Consolidated News. Picture: AFPPublished 30m ago | Published 30m agoDurban — This is the second shot of getting Off The Couch. The first one would have been much better because there was an actual train of thought. But its derailment did provide what I thought was a pretty funny dad joke.