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Luke Feltham

Luke Feltham is the former Editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian

Let’s fall back in love with journalism

The M&G is not immune to criticism. We have made many mistakes over the years. What we can be unequivocal about, however, is that a blow to anyone in the news media is a gut…

PSG players celebrate after the Champions League semifinal, second leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris joins Inter in Champions League final after extraordinary two days of football

Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal 2-1 on Wednesday night, sealing their place in the Champions League final at the end of May in Munich. They will face Inter Milan, the…

Liverpool won their 20th top flight title on Sunday.

Klopp and Slot: How Liverpool leveraged two great minds

Mutual respect between the two managers has allowed the new Premier League champions to preserve their era of greatness

Laughing it off: Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef plays down the power of comedy and satire to make a difference, saying it does provide a necessary release. Photo: Supplied

Bassem Youssef on the comedy of resistance — and its limits

As he brings his tour to SA, Bassem Youssef warns comedy is no cure for a broken world

After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year

Blood dollars to water pistols: Tale of the unwanted tourist

After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year

M&G political editor Paddy Harper. (Pictures: Delwyn Verasamy)

M&G mourns the passing of political editor Paddy Harper

The media has lost a giant and, for many of us, a dear friend

One of the city’s historic sites is on its knees, besieged by those seeking shelter, vandals and criminal opportunists. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Breathing life into Joburg’s dying Brixton cemetery

One of the city’s historic sites is on its knees, besieged by those seeking shelter, vandals and criminal opportunists

World view: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) stands with Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank (left), on a balcony of the town hall before a session of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference on 7 October in Hamburg, Germany. Photo: Marcus Brandt/Getty Images

Hard truths in Hamburg hit home

Among the truths is that most of the 17 sustainable development goals adopted by UN member states are doomed to fail

MK party leader Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

‘Friends’ of Jacob Zuma

Saturday’s spectacle was a shameful episode for which we all bear responsibility

Mosaic of values: Life in urban Iran – as experienced in Khaju Bridge (top and left) and Naqsh-e Jahan Square (above) – is in bright contrast to the strongman politics of the Iranian government. Photos: Mujahid Safodien/Middle East African News Agency

The City of God – and contradiction

Tehran is the archetype of a place that is governed by the divine but defined by mortals

People burn garbage close to the bodies of the dead as at least 10 corpses of gang members lie in the streets following the exchange of gunfire between armed gangs in Petion-Ville on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Kenya’s Haitian bind

Haiti last held elections in 2016 and has been without an elected president since Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021

Creativity is Lionel Messi’s imperceptible feint to the
left; it is Magnus Carlsen’s subtle pawn manoeuvring in
tight endgames. It is laced in Notorious BIG’s lyrics and
Mozart’s wordless symphonies. It is the invisible spirit
that erects our buildings and sews our clothes.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Cannabis, capitalism and the perils of creativity

When the illicit is legalised and researched into mundanity, where’s the magic, asks Luke Feltham

More direct: Filmmaker Martin Scorsese with Killers of the Flower Moon stars Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio. Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

Scorsese, the king of nonfiction

The legendary director has taken a brilliant, terrifying turn over the past decade This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail…

A DR Congo supporter reacts during the Africa Cup of Nations 2024 group F football match between DR Congo and Zambia at Stade Laurent Pokou in San Pedro on January 17, 2024. (Photo by SIA KAMBOU / AFP)

Total football, total sportswashing

The beautiful game arrives at the perfect time to scrub the mud off Afcon’s lead sponsor

Meeting his Waterloo? Gifts wrapped in Christmas paper featuring the likeness of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are on the stage during a rally hosted by the former president on 19 December in Waterloo, Iowa. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Year of elections: The world chooses its fate

More than two billion people are eligible to make their crosses in the most important election year of our collective democratic history

What’s in a name?: William Nicol Drive in Johannesburg, named after an administrator of the Transvaal, was last month renamed Winnie Mandela Drive. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

Name changes: The long road to a national identity

The change of street and place names rouses the country’s attention unlike anything else and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon

Rassie Erasmus.(Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

In praise of the unit

What do Sir Alex Ferguson, Pep Guardiola and Rassie Erasmus have in common?

Springboks captain Siya Kolisi poses for a portrait during the South Africa Rugby World Cup 2023 Squad photocall.  Photo by Alex Livesey – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images

A World Cup that Africa could actually win

Only two African teams are playing in the tournament this year. One has never won a RWC game, the other could win it for the fourth time

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Online racism rampant in China

Given its undeniable control over the internet, does the state have a responsibility to halt the hatred?

Love affair: Chelsea fans celebrate prior to the pre-season friendly match against Borussia Dortmund, which ended in a 1-1 draw. Photo: Stacy Revere/Getty Images

Cause for a case of the blues

The football season starts anew and, like our politics, for anyone in royal blue that brings more questions than it does excitement