From a curious schoolboy in Maidstone to traveller, educator, Pararoos advocate, interviewer and historical novelist, Paul Rushworth-Brown's journey has been shaped by a lifelong fascination with people, cultures and the stories history too often leaves behind

Imagine being paid to climb into a pit filled with human waste. Now imagine discovering something far worse. When archaeologists excavated medieval cesspits in England, they uncovered more than centuries of human excrement. Hidden among the filth were objects, secrets, and evidence of lives history largely forgot.

For centuries, the Tyburn Tree stood as one of England's most feared landmarks. Beneath its towering wooden beams, crowds gathered to witness justice carried out in public. During the era known as the Bloody Code, children could face the same harsh laws as adults, with some sentenced to death for crimes that today would seem unimaginable. The stories of young offenders such as John Dean and Roderick Audrey reveal a darker side of English history—one of poverty, desperation, a

It was Rudyard Kipling, who first coined the phrase ‘the world’s oldest profession’ .

This week, Paul Rushworth-Brown sat down with Sai to discuss Outback Odyssey—a novel already being hailed as hauntingly honest and even compared to To Kill a Mockingbird for its allegorical depth.