They are calling it a chance to ‘stroke your biggest erogenous zone. Three days of uncensored, engaging stimulation.’ Get your mind out of the gutter. The StoryMoja Hay Festival running this September 15 -18^th at the Railway Club is a chance to meet with the brightest thinkers from home and abroad.

Go Ask the Master: MiakePotgieter

Firstly, I need to set the record straight.

Suki (yes, I am speaking about myself in the third person) has been getting some grief from his admiring public recently. Some people have the misconception that I am a hired gun for UP magazine and that my reviews of local eateries can be ‘bought’.

What baloney! Hogwash! Phooey!

Mum used to spit every time we talked about sex. But we only talked sex when she was drunk, so I never got to know whether it was the sex or drink that made her spit. The talk started when I was sixteen years old. At the time, for reasons I wont go into at the moment, only the two of us were living together; dad and my other siblings were miles away. Though I call it a talk, it was not exactly that, it was more of a refrain, same each and every time. It was a quick one-sided conversation that I couldn't tell whether it was said in jest or seriousness.

Nairobi, 11 August 2011. When was the last time someone told you that they we’re willing to invest over a million shillings in a single idea? IPO48 will do you one better. This weekend, one lucky start-up will have 48 hours to impress a panel of three judges and walk away with not one, not two, but a cool three million shillings.