I studied economics at Rhodes University and the University of the Witwatersrand, and history of music and Latin at the University of South Africa. Between 1987 and 2023, I worked as an economist in Johannesburg and Pretoria in the private corporate sector, financial markets, academia, and government. In 2023 my wife Pat and I relocated to the beautiful seaside town of Kleinmond, Western Cape, where I’ve been writing about … opera!