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'So Old-fashioned': Japan's New Year Card Tradition Fast Declining In Age Of Messaging Apps

Jan 1, 2024

Around 743 million New Year greeting cards, or nengajo, were delivered across Japan on Monday, although that figure is down nearly 16 per cent from the number delivered on the first day of 2023, continuing the gradual decline of a tradition that can

The Oldie

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Olden Life

May 31, 2023

The earliest surviving letter from Winston Churchill was a handwritten note to his mother. In 1882, aged seven, he wrote to thank her for his gifts of ‘soldiers, flag and castle’. The painstaking italic penmanship of the very young Churchill later ga

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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Talk to THE HAND!

Mar 26, 2023

A great chat with the queen of talk back I was not an early adopter of social media. I didn’t really see the point of it. I didn’t have friends or family living overseas, so there was no need to use social media as a quick and instant way to connect

Woman's Weekly Living Series

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Everybody Needs Good NEIGHBOURS!

Dec 28, 2023

Toni Koppel, 63, is a videographer and lives in north London with her husband. ‘Can you help me with Zoom?’ a man asks hopefully, and I smile, all too happy to be of assistance. I’ve been running the free Five Bells Computer Club in north London for

Computeractive

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People In Power ‘Don’t Care’ About Lonely Millions Not Online

May 5, 2021

I’ve got bad news for Hugh Jenkins, who in Issue 604 asked us not to forget the “lonely millions” who aren’t connected to the web. Before I deliver this news, I should say that I wholeheartedly agree with him. There are simply too many people living

Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

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Getting The Scoop

Feb 1, 2023

Jamie Nesbitt Golden (LEFT) is a Chicago journalist who works with Block Club Chicago, an online independent newspaper. Golden reports on what’s happening in several Chicago neighborhoods not typically covered by other media outlets. She talked with

Saturday Star

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Nkandla Fire Pool Fiasco Drowns Out 112th Anniversary Celebrations

Jan 13, 2024

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s remarks on the Nkandla fire pool scandal are making a splash across Mzansi. On Sunday, Mbalula admitted that the ANC lied about the fire pool in Nkandla to protect and defend former president Jacob Zuma when the

Weekend Argus Saturday

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Nkandla Fire Pool Fiasco Drowns Out 112th Anniversary Celebrations

Jan 13, 2024

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s remarks on the Nkandla fire pool scandal are making a splash across Mzansi. On Sunday, Mbalula admitted that the ANC lied about the fire pool in Nkandla to protect and defend former president Jacob Zuma when the

Independent on Saturday

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Nkandla Fire Pool Fiasco Drowns Out 112th Anniversary Celebrations

Jan 13, 2024

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s remarks on the Nkandla fire pool scandal are making a splash across Mzansi. On Sunday, Mbalula admitted that the ANC lied about the fire pool in Nkandla to protect and defend former president Jacob Zuma when the

The Christian Science Monitor

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In New Orleans, Trinity City Arts Unites Creativity And Public Safety

Dec 11, 2023

It started around a New Orleans kitchen table when Mat Schwarzman heard stories about his friend’s mother – and was moved. Yvonne Olivier Bechet, it turned out, was one of the city’s first female Black police officers during the turbulent 1960s and 1

Post South Africa

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Times Are Changing – Hopefully For The Best

Dec 9, 2020

THE final leaf in the history of cheque books in South Africa is being written. On the 31st of this month, the once popular cheque will become worthless, replaced by faster, safer and cheaper ways to exchange money. It illustrates the changes our soc

You South Africa

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Letters

Apr 16, 2021

At 70, (Have You Heard, 25 March), Jane Seymour has every reason to be inordinately proud of her youthful looks and figure. She can really give women in their 40s and 50s a serious run for their money. My mother, who died when she was 80, had the smo

Forbes Africa

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ON The BALL

Apr 12, 2024

Luxolo September has long been determined to be a shining light for excellence in Africa, with his thirst for knowledge and desire to change the status quo on the continent. South African September is the Head of TV and Communications for the Confede