RIP colleague and friend, co-founder of the Daily Maverick food platform, bon vivant, jazz singer, mensch of notable progeny.
was a man called Gerald Schreiner. You would not read his thoughts in any of our stories, butCLOSE
But back to 2017. It’s rare that I encounter a Schreiner, and now there was a colleague bearing the name. So, on 30 October 2017, I wrote Gerald this email after we’d been discussing some or other work matter:Will do. Apropos of nothing to do with this, are you a descendant of my heroine Olive Schreiner?”Well, according to my great grandmother, I am indeed.
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