Well-known conductor Richard Cock heads for Durban and the highly popular Last Night of the Proms concerts to be held in Pietermaritzburg on October 2 and in Durban on October 9 (see Music).

He will give a talk for the Kloof Spring School on September 30 as well as two talks with Rodney Trudgeon on SAfm October 3 for Christopher Duigan in Pietermaritzburg.