Our documentary picks: July 2025
Essential viewing: the Currency round-up of the best six documentaries to stream this July…
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The Friday song (on a Sunday): ‘Janey Don’t You Lose Heart’ by Bruce Springsteen
In the context of the release of Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks II – The Lost Albums, Mark Rosin unpacks Janey Don’t You Lose Heart, a…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Makomborero Mutezo
The food designer and founder of TheHungryMute on Kerry James Marshall, carabiner clips and DIY joy…
What we’ve read and liked this year (so far)
The Currency team and a couple of friends (especially my mom Jenny, who reads everything) rustled up a list of books we’ve enjoyed thus…
The Friday song (on a Sunday): ‘Feel Like Making Love’ by Bad Company
Listening this week to the first time in years to tracks by both Mott the Hoople (remember All the Young Dudes?) and Bad Company…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Yasmin Mayat
The Joburg architect on park walking, good pillows, and her mum’s ace cooking…
Hidden in plain sight: Why you must visit JCAF
Explore JCAF: Joburg’s must-visit art foundation showcasing cutting-edge Global South artists in a bold, curated space inside a historic tram shed…
The Friday song (on a Sunday): ‘Righteously’ by Anna Ash
Mark Rosin unpacks the folk-meets-atmospheric indie pop track, Righteously, by Anna Ash – a distinctive cover version of a tune by the legendary Lucinda…
Currency’s on-trend guide to visiting … Cascais
Swap Lisbon for Cascais, a chic Portuguese coastal escape full of art, fine dining, museums, and sun-drenched charm…
What we’re drinking this week: Inverroche Amber Gin
This elegant amber gin is always a crowd-pleasing local hero…
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