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November 17, 2021

F SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-194O): THE MAN WHO NAMED THE JAZZ AGE

A Presentation by Robin Lee to U3A: Overberg Monday 16 August 2021 at 10.00 Few novelists have their description of the period they lived in accepted as the name for the whole age. But in 1922, F Scott Fitzgerald published a book of short stories entitled “Tales of the Jazz […]

November 17, 2021

British and Irish Lions in Hermanus

Covid permitting, the British and Irish Lions will be in Hermanus in July, training at the High School grounds. Great news! But the All Blacks were here 72 years ago and in 2019 I wrote an article about their visit. ALL BLACKS IN HERMANUS SEVENTY YEARS AGO BY DR ROBIN […]

November 17, 2021

ARTISTS AND WRITERS IN GREATER HERMANUS HISTORY

Friday 20 August 2021 ARTISTS AND WRITERS IN GREATER HERMANUS HISTORY Friday 20 August 2021By: Dr Robin Lee The coastline of greater Hermanus (an area from Voëlklip to Fisherhaven) has attracted painters and writers since it was first settled in the 1850s. There were several reasons for this, including the […]

November 17, 2021

A History of Human Settlements in the Overstrand Area

“A History of Human Settlements in the Overstrand Area” VENUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL, EASTCLIFF, HERMANUS (also on zoom, see link below) PRESENTER: ROBIN LEE THE HISTORIES OF HUMAN POPULATIONS AND SETTLEMENTS IN THE OVERSTRAND We can distinguish three phases of human occupation in the area that is now the Overstrand […]