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Sara Wheeler has just been appointed the authorised biographer of the travel writer, Jan Morris. But she faces a dilemma. She's concerned that she is 'effectively appropriating the story of a woman who appropriated hundreds of other stories'.
How, she wonders, can she navigate this tricky territory.
Producer: Adele Armstrong
By BBC Radio 44.6
7373 ratings
Sara Wheeler has just been appointed the authorised biographer of the travel writer, Jan Morris. But she faces a dilemma. She's concerned that she is 'effectively appropriating the story of a woman who appropriated hundreds of other stories'.
How, she wonders, can she navigate this tricky territory.
Producer: Adele Armstrong

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