Esprit de corps – the essence of a champion team.

Will your team sink or swim? White water rafting down the Zambezi River requires great teamwork!. The Holy Grail of any team is to a achieve a special bond of loyalty and pride among their members such that no task is seen as too daunting and anything seems possible. No leader, despite their individual capabilities … Continue reading Esprit de corps – the essence of a champion team. →

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 →

Saving the planet one step at a time

Tuesday (June 5th) was World Environment Day. While many politicians are still in denial about the reality of climate change, large businesses around the world are taking up the challenge to save the planet. It is my contention that the world will avoid the worst of catastrophic climate change, not because of the political will … Continue reading Saving the planet one step at a time →

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 →

Let’s make 2018 The Year of the Elephant

I’ve enjoyed a relationship with the elephants of Zambia stretching back fifty years. As a child visiting Luangwa Valley, I was charmed by their gentle, playful personalities, their massive size and their intelligence. To encounter one of these majestic animals up close is an awe-inspiring experience. It is a thrill that I would like my … Continue reading Let’s make 2018 The Year of the Elephant →

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. →

Author Interview – The Joys of Binge Reading

Sydney writer Christopher Hepworth’s Hollywood-paced international thrillers feature a 21stcentury “James Bond” hero, a high body count and lots of action in exotic settings. It’s Indiana Jones with high stakes conspiracy. Hi there: I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Christopher tells us why he loves the thriller genre and how growing up in Zambia … Continue reading Author Interview – The Joys of Binge Reading →