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Charles Darwin's great-great-granddaughter pens poems about his life. Via @brainpicker: http://t.co/AEvkdUKIDf

Neels Blom Reviews The Devil in the Detail by Paul Holden and Hennie van Vuuren

The Devil in the Detail: How the Arms Deal Changed EverythingVerdict: carrot

As the nation lurches from set piece to set piece in the melodrama that is the road to Mangaung, we may wonder: how did we get here? And you may ask yourself, is this the place where I live?

If your reply is that it is a land gone down the rabbit hole, you may be right, but for the rest of us, it seems reasonable to want to understand the origins and character of our predicaments: what has gone wrong with the South African project? If ours is a democracy, why did we bother? Have we fallen through the centre of the earth and come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards?

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