Kobedi - still going strong at the station
Gaborone's oldest-known funny man, Jonny Kobedi aka DJ Scientist does not appear to have lost his charm, even after more than a decade of playing the role of the city's comic at the Station. He continues to woo fans with his magic and thrives on sporting bizarre looks and the fans seem to be hooked by his unorthodox dress style.

The show must go on
It is the start of World War II, in London's theater district, near Piccadilly Circus. An aristocratic Mrs Laura Henderson (acted naturally by Dench), "bored by widowhood" after her husband dies, purchases the Windmill Theatre, and tries to keep it open during the various assaults on London by Hitler's forces. She proclaims, "Throughout it all our show will continue". Apparently she kept it open for at least four years during the worst of the Blitz.

Look one's unhappiness in the face
Alexander McCall Smith is well known in Botswana for his series of novels on Precious Ramotswe, "The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". This is his serialised novel from "The Scotsman" in Edinburgh, a chapter a day in the newspaper over 22 weeks. His last book reviewed in Mmegi was also set in Edinburgh, "The Sunday Philosophy Club" (13 May 2005). In "44 Scotland Street" there are no detectives, but there are two psychiatrists, and a number of innocent sleuths. The nature of being human is to want to solve problems, usually one's own.