Sue de Groot Deputy features editor: Sunday Times

Sue de Groot is a writer with a special interest in words, books, people, hedgehogs, cricket and the universe; a former scriptwriter for various drama series; and the winner of some awards. Currently completing a master's degree in applied ethics through Wits University's philosophy department.

Emoji are shameless and could use more shame

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Hammer this in with a gavel: they say damages, you ask what’s the damage?

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SUE DE GROOT | Principled readers pour over books only when bored to tears

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You think taking the vaccine is bougie? How about a jab in the face?

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SUE DE GROOT | Rub insult into a wound worth its weight in salt or it’s in poor taste

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Take your prick: new flavour of billionaire or a chip off the old block?

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Of course Pablo cost an arm and a leg – how else would a sofa walk home?

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Insurgency? Insurrection? Whatever it was, it was revolting

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SUE DE GROOT | Let’s not grizzle too much as we try to bear up in grisly times

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Behold, all things are become newt: does regeneration loom for Zuma?

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