The South Head Vagabond
Stories
Christine McVie
30 January 2026
Ruth Coker Burks
30 January 2026
Unvarnished heroism
29 October 2025
The Hero of Nanjing
5 August 2025
The story of the woman who held Fleetwood Mac together while everyone else got the glory.
Ruth Coker Burks, 25 years old, was visiting a friend when she noticed something that made the nurses turn away: a hospital room door marked with a big red biohazard bag.
Some legends that arise sound too good to be true, but we keep telling them because they sound inspirational.
The human capacity for inventiveness knows no bounds – especially sometimes, when a life or death situation presents itself. Like, how to save thousands of refugees – with something as bizarre as a Nazi flag!