Julian Roup
Julian Roup was born in South Africa, and lives in England. He studied journalism. About his book Life in the time of plague, he says: “When I studied Journalism at Rhodes University from 1977 to 1980 I learned that journalism is the first draft of history. So with this terrible threat hanging over us I felt that I would like to add my voice to what will become the human story of death and survival of this pandemic that has brought the world to a screeching halt. What has surprised me most is that amid the death, heartache and economic carnage, there is also a silver lining, a chance to simply stop and stare, and rethink our lives. I do hope that I have captured something of the essence of this time in Life in a time of plague.”
Forsaken place
2024-05-30"Nothing grows here now except silence and birdsong by day and the call of the jackal by night."
Life in the time of the plague – and an interview with Julian Roup
2022-04-29"I kept a diary during the first year of COVID because I was not sure that I would survive, and I was also incandescent with rage at the ineptitude, corruption and general mismanagement of Boris Johnson and his government. I found writing the book cathartic and was delighted when Alec Hogg of BizNews asked me to produce it as a series of podcasts, which I did, and then it was published as a book by BLKDOG."