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The South African journal Lantern / Lantern: Journal of Knowledge and Culture / Tydskrif vir Volksopleiding was one of the more substantial cultural and educational periodicals of the apartheid era. It occupied an interesting position somewhere between a literary review, an adult education journal and a cultural magazine, carrying essays on history,

Book Reviews

It is appropriate to begin with a declaration of interest: I contributed a chapter on Prynnsberg and supported the publication of this book. That proximity, however, also allows for a fuller appreciation of both its achievements and its limitations. Jackie Kalley, publishing under her Otterley Press

Blue Plaques

Designed in 1934 by Harold Wolseley Spicer, extensive use of brick and timber detailing and the incorporation of bedrooms in the roof structure make this spacious Arts and Crafts home look deceptively modest in its garden setting. Dr Polonsky, an orthopaedic surgeon, purchased the house in 1939, and his son, the eminent Holocaust historian, Antony Polonsky, was born here in 1940.