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In honour of the world’s coal workers past and present

‘In the whole British Empire there is no occupation in which a man may meet his end in so many ways as this one. The coal mine is the scene of a multitude of the most terrifying calamities…’ Friedrich Engels (1844) My family worked in the Yorkshire coal mines for over a hundred years. Thankfully … Continue reading In honour of the world’s coal workers past and present →

The books that made me who I am

Never underestimate the power of a good book. It could take you to far away places where you are fighting monsters, Vikings or mafia bosses. You could fall in love with an exotic, beautiful, insanely rich character who loves you back despite your bad habits and expanding midriff. You could travel back in time to … Continue reading The books that made me who I am →

Sam Jardine Receives a Silver Medal

Last week I received a very exciting email from the Readers’ Favorite® Book Review and Awards Contest website. The Last Oracle has been awarded a silver medal in the Conspiracy Thriller category in their 2018 International Book Awards. While I had always felt that The Last Oracle was a strong book, my first instinct as … Continue reading Sam Jardine Receives a Silver Medal →

”Christopher Hepworth, I presume?”

In July my wife Anne, my four children and I followed in the footsteps of David Livingstone. It was a journey of four and a half thousand kilometres across Southern Africa in a white minibus. While Livingstone explored sights and civilisations unknown to the western world one hundred and fifty years ago, I was rediscovering … Continue reading ”Christopher Hepworth, I presume?” →

Readers’ Favorite Review of The Last Oracle

Readers’ Favorite Review of The Last Oracle https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/the-last-oracle Reviewed by Anne-Marie Reynolds for Readers’ Favorite The Last Oracle by Christopher Hepworth is a conspiracy thriller, the third in the Sam Jardine series. Rex Dangerfield’s fracking company is aiming to tap into a gas seam in the Greenland ice shelf, a move that will cause untold damage to … Continue reading Readers’ Favorite Review of The Last Oracle →

Talk like a Roman to live a deep and meaningful life

For seven painful years, I was taught Latin at school. As it was a pre-requisite for entry to Oxford and Cambridge University I had to drop one of my favourite subjects, Geography to accommodate this dead language. I needn’t have bothered as I soon learned that academically, I was a million miles from ever setting … Continue reading Talk like a Roman to live a deep and meaningful life →

You have two minutes to save the world and your time starts now!

I’ll be quick, I promise you. Last week the Doomsday Clock edged closer to midnight by 30 seconds. The clock is now two minutes to midnight, the symbolic hour of imminent doom. The last time the clock edged this close to the end of humanity was in 1953, when the hydrogen bomb was first tested. … Continue reading You have two minutes to save the world and your time starts now! →

When war strikes home. The devastating 1978 ‘Green Leader’ raid on Zambia.

A Rhodesian Canberra bomber attacks Westlands Farm, Lusaka, Zambia in 1978. We were next door neighbours when the bombs fell. The recent fall of the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe in November last year brought back painful memories of my own unwitting involvement in that country’s history. My parents emigrated to Zambia with my brother … Continue reading When war strikes home. The devastating 1978 ‘Green Leader’ raid on Zambia. →