LetterIt came as no surprise to me to read in the media that out of 375 libraries, Hermanus Library again won the trophy for Public Library of the Year in the Western Cape, as well as the Best Friends of a Public Library award and runner-up in the Digital Literary Champion category.
Following uncertainty over who Fick’s Pool was named after, research suggests that Josias Servaas Fick (1830-1919) carries the honour, after two candidates were previously thought to be the true candidates.
Last week’s letter of complaint about the U3A meeting notice regarding Dr Abedian’s lecture on Iran, K Enslin missed the quotation marks around “Great Satan” and “Little Satan”.
Not a mailing list and not an algorithm. Real shelves, in real shops, from Grabouw to Kleinbaai — picked up by people who live here, and still lying on the table on Sunday.
