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Robyn Alexander is an editor and writer whose lifelong passions include architecture, interior design, clothes (not necessarily fashionable ones) and food. She also loves Rome, Persephone Books and Formula One, cooks dhal at least once a week, and is of the considered opinion that a glass of grappa after dinner is a very good idea.
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For the boets and boytjies, here are treats and gifts to bring them some gees this festive season
Your guide to pan-African cool: thoughtful, design-led gifts for the stylish, globe-trotting aesthetes in your life
She’s perfectly put together, brilliantly well-read and oozes effortless cool – here are all the gifts your most stylish friend could desire
Bright colour is the name of the game in Currency’s selection of fun and really great items to give as gifts this festive season
Pretty charming is an apt way of describing the people who’ll love the presents in this Currency gift guide
The Currency gift guide includes a selection of retro but contemporary items, part of the 100 items we’ve curated for the festive season
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