Sabbatical Stories 4: Professor Francis Thackeray

Professor Francis Thackeray Part II

Great mystery surrounds an unidentified skull in a crypt in Worcestershire, England. Francis Thackeray believes he knows who it belonged to. This is the story of how he used palaeoanthropology to unravel a centuries-old conundrum. Storycatcher Website Podcast Page [https://storycatcher.co.za/podcasts/]

Sabbatical Stories: Iron Age, Telescopes, and Sonop

Vincent Carruthers, renowned environmentalist and storyteller is back with more tales from the Magaliesberg. Storycatcher Website Podcast Page [https://storycatcher.co.za/podcasts/]

Sabbatical Stories 4: Professor Francis Thackeray

A renowned paleoanthropologist and a first cousin (9 times removed) of William Shakespeare. Who better then to investigate some pipes that were unearthed in The Bard’s garden at Stratford-Upon-Avon. Were they Shakespeare’s? Did he smoke? And, if so, did he smoke what the residue of those pipes contained? Storycatcher Website Podcast Page [https://storycatcher.co.za/podcasts/]

My Stories: My Father's Pipe

My story this week is about my father’s pipe. It was huge, as was he, and its smoke infused my youth with sandalwood and safety. Storycatcher Website Podcast Page [https://storycatcher.co.za/podcasts/]

Sabbatical Stories 3: Bridget Hilton Barber & Hugh Fraser

Two besties hit the potholes of Africa in a Subaru to chase away load shedding and COVID blues. Patricia chats to them about the trip covering 10 000km, through 9 countries and over 42 days. Storycatcher Website Podcast Page [https://storycatcher.co.za/podcasts/]