Robert Brand
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Location | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Introduction | I am a financial journalist, former university lecturer, dad and husband. I have been running on and off for about a year, since moving to Cape Town. For me, running is a solitary activity (although I sometimes take along my dog). |
| Interests | Running, Also watching rugby & cricket, listening to classical music, reading books (mostly history/military history), walking on mountains, watching my children grow up and being part of their lives. |
| Favorite movies | Schindler's List, Enemy at the Gates. |
| Favorite music | Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27, Emile Gilels, Vienna Philharmonic directed by Karl Bohm. Also, on the same disc, Concerto for Two Pians, KV 365, with Emile and Elena Gilels. Almost anything by Beethoven. Brahms, Schubert. Most of Bach. Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen. |
| Favorite books | Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer (Tim Jeale), Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure, by the same author, King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild), The Great Crash (J.K. Galbraith), The Rethoric of Reaction (Albert Hirschman), Liar's Poker (Michael Lewis), Toorberg (Etienne van Heerden) |
You've just inherited a manufacturing plant that specializes in plastics. What are you going to make?
Millions.