In this episode, Cranbrook Headmaster, Nicholas Sampson and Dr David Thomas talk with Old Cranbrookian, Rodney Gordon from the Class of 1947. Rodney takes us from his journey via boat to Sydney from the UK during Nazi occupation of France and the Channel Islands, through his Cranbrook days and life afterwards as an entrepreneur, building a successful business from scratch.

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In this episode, Dr David Thomas is joined by 2001 graduate, Josh Brandon.

Josh talks about his time at Cranbrook, directing his first school play, to making his own movies in Hollywood.

Josh also recently wrote a book with William Shatner named 'Boldly Go'.

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In this episode, David talks with Peter Hone, who shares memories of his own time as a Cranbrookian as well as his father, Brian Hone, the third Headmaster at Cranbrook and the lasting impression he made on subsequent Headmasters.

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Old Cranbrookian John Maffey, from the Class of 1952, shares his memories of a Cranbrook after World War II, the Maffey family’s longstanding connection with the School since its foundation and their love of rowing. John's father, Dr Reginald Errol Maffey, was one of the first boys to attend Cranbrook in 1918.

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In this episode, Dr David Thomas talks with Cranbrook Foundation Director and Old Cranbrookian Anthony Abrahams from the Class of 1962. Anthony talks about the transformative impact of his Cranbrook education – how it saw him trigger the apartheid debate in Australia when questioning our country maintaining sporting ties with South Africa, through to his career working as a lawyer in Paris

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