Happy 2015 and welcome back to the daily grind and nine-to-five office life, I hope great festive times were had by all. We kick right into the New Year with a look to the past; we recap the most popular Lifestyle stories and features of 2014 while Daniel Dercksen gives a countdown of his top-15 movies from last year and interviews Knysna director Andre Velts and screenwriter Emilé Hager.

Better don your best blue and white as this weekend sees the prestigious L'Ormarins Queen's Plate take place at the Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town.

To cure those post-holiday blues we've got two tickets to the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert featuring Tailor and Matthew Mole and the Cape Town 10s rugby tournament up for grabs!

Let's kick 2015 into gear!

Ruth Cooper, Lifestyle Co-editor & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)

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