When GPS first became available, the publicly available version was deliberately handicapped. It's an approach that didn't last. With debate around free AI models getting worse all the time, it's a good opportunity for Dominique Olivier to sniff out a parallel situation in the history books.

From West African farms to a US courtroom, Lindt is learning that premium chocolate has a bitter aftertaste. But what does all this have to do with Roald Dahl? Dominique Olivier explores the dark side of chocolate.

Tariffs, trade wars, toddlers - and a gift of supposedly non-reproducing goats from Turkey to South Africa. Dominique Olivier ties it all together in explaining how an unexpectedly pregnant goat gave birth to the mohair industry in South Africa.

Stats SA registered 97,510 civil marriages in 2024, down from 150,852 a decade earlier. That's a lot less in the way of "I do". When volumes are down, businesses must get their pricing up to survive. That means charging more for existing services, or selling new things. The wedding industry seems to be doing both, as Dominique Olivier explores in this piece.

Bottled water has been sold to us as medicine, status symbol and safety net. This is a short history of paying for something that falls from the sky, as told by Dominique Olivier.

More than a century ago, two titans clashed over a groundbreaking new technology, each claiming that the reckless advancement of the other would put countless lives in danger. In 2026, there’s something about that story that sounds weirdly familiar. Dominique explains how the War of the Currents is an important historical lesson.

It's in your yoghurt, your toothpaste and possibly your next pair of boots. Dominique Olivier explains how seaweed moved from slimy beach nuisance to one of the planet's most valuable - and greenest - economies.

Once upon a time, getting lost was how you found the good stuff. Then the internet learned to predict exactly where you were going - and how to redirect you. Are we witnessing the digital flâneur's last walk? Dominique Olivier takes you back to a core memory that would be hard to replicate in today's online world.