Freya Stark

Jan 11, 2024 | shepherd.com | Sara Wheeler |Martha Gellhorn |Freya Stark |Noo Saro-Wiwa

Martha Gellhorn’s blend of reportage and imagination ensnared me when I was barely out of my teens, and her preferred form has come of age in my working life. Not only do I think Gellhorn is a marvellous writer – at her best, one of the best – but I also identify with Gellhorn the woman.