Sabbatical Stories: Bridget Hilton Barber & Hugh Fraser

This week's story is about my time on Mount Everest in 2003 when I was the broadcaster and journalist for the Discovery Team’s efforts to stand on top of the world. I hated it every minute of the two months I was at Base Camp. There were many reasons why…

Fawn was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic disease in which your body produces an excess of mucus that clogs your organs, and particularly your lungs. It has no cure. When she was literally on her death bed, Fawn was the recipient of a double lung transplant. But that was…

By popular request we also have a new feature, a fortnightly story from the book of my life. Adventures are varied by nature and memorable for unexpected reasons. This is the story of two women I encountered in the Johannesburg mortuary and will never forget.

While preparation for Season II is underway, we will be bringing you fortnightly tales from people and places nearby. This week we feature Professor Ryan Blumenthal, well known forensic pathologist who believes that the dead have a lot to teach the living. And after 15 000 autopsies he knows what…

The season 1 finale finds me in the Waterberg learing from the wonderful people who reside there. Warwick Tarboton, someone who has known the Waterberg since childhood and who has watched it shift and change over several decades, shares his knowledge. Bronwyn Maree is an award winning icthyologist and ornithologist…