Guest Interview Series
Talks with the real people who inspired characters in the book and who lived those same "interesting times".
While inspired by real life, people and events, On the Road to Jericho is an imaginative and creative work and is not intended as an accurate portrayal of real people or events.
In the Guest Interview Series we’ll talk with some of the real people who inspired the book, and who lived through those same “interesting times”.
Join me, to go behind the scenes, and learn more about the fascinating experiences of the amazing people I have had the privilege to know.
Founding Subscribers: You’re invited to attend live to interact and ask your questions directly (see your email for the meeting invites with links).
Paid Subscribers: Catch the (edited) recording afterwards.
Everyone: Post the questions you have for my guests and we’ll answer as many as we can.
Guest Interview #1: The real St Anne's
St Mary Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) is the inspiration for St Anne’s in the book.
What was it like to a black student at DSG? Was the dormitory really haunted? The townships were burning: what were Eleanor’s classmates getting up to?
We’ll explore these and other wonderful stories with three DSG classmates of mine.
Guest Interview #2: uKhahlamba—Barrier of Spears
The Drakensberg: South Africa’s magnificent mountains and mine (and Eleanor’s) spiritual home. “UKhahlamba” in Zulu (translation: barrier of spears), the Drakensberg is a World Heritage Site rich with both natural and human history.
Experience the true beauty of this very special place from someone who has experienced it in all its moods: serene, majestic…and deadly.
Guest Interview #3: The life of a diplomat in apartheid South Africa
Kate arrived at St Mary’s DSG as a diplomat’s daughter right as South Africa was erupting. She had experiences and perspectives that most of us sheltered white girls at St Mary’s were oblivious to.
Learn what Eleanor was blind to at the time.
Guest Interview #4: The real Natasha
It took a few decades, but yes, Eleanor and Natasha reunited.
Tanya is a world-class artist. She was most recently commission to capture, in art, Oxford University’s groundbreaking PANORAMIC and PRINCIPLE COVID-19 trials through "The PANORAMIC PRINCIPLE" exhibition.
This is her story.
Guest Interview #5: University Daze— Apartheid ends as we come of age
Meet the inspirations for Alasdair and Meredith.
Lois is a pioneering disability rights advocate in South Africa, a bestselling author, and a musician.
Neil is an all-things-boats-and-sailing maestro…and still educating Sue on music and rowing.
Guest Interview # 6: The Bold and the Beautiful—Young Diplomats for Mandela
It was the dawn of the new era. Freedom had come. And we were young and literally right there, starting our careers as diplomats.
Sober? Generally. Sedate? Sometimes. Hopeful? Overflowing.
Go behind the scenes of what it really means to be diplomat. It’s not what you think!