The president of South Africa, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, who turned 70 on 12 April this year, announced yesterday that he would be marrying his fourth wife this coming weekend. It will be his sixth marriage. He divorced one wife in 1998 and another committed suicide in 2000 but 1, 2 and 3 are happy Mrs Zumas and can … Continue reading
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Great War Service Records, The Importance of Handwritten Notes and Early 20th Century Tattoos.
I am looking at my great grandfather’s almost 100 year-old signature. Here it is in black and white; Arthur Leslie Farrow signed his name in 1917. His pinky finger moved across this piece of paper as he formed his beautiful, almost whimsical letters in Indian ink. The F is a dance. And the whole is underlined with … Continue reading