In an otherwise excellent profile, the FT has Adrian Gore, founder and CEO of Discovery, South Africa’s largest health insurance company, commit a statistical howler.

Would that half of all Britons could live forever by changing their lifestyles, but not even Discovery, great example of South Africa’s “inspiring new ways” though it is, is likely to make that happen any time soon.

 

This has been happening for some time, but it’s good to see it’s starting to be noticed.

 

A case of beach envy or the sincerest form of flattery. The French tourism board, hoping to lure Londoners to Normandy during the Olympics, appropriates the fairest Cape’s Llandudno. Spotted by a London photographer who lived there. Full story here.

 

Swim with sharks. Throw yourself off Table Mountain. Learn to survive on grilled scorpions. The New York Times’  Global Athlete, Tom Sims, reports from South Africa.

 

You’re Coldplay.  You’ve written a song called Paradise. Where are you going to shoot the video?