Martha Gellhorn

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Martha Gellhorn |David Kidd |Frances Wood |Aube Rey Lescure

In the nineteen-nineties, Fuchsia Dunlop—now a celebrated food writer and expert in Chinese cooking—enrolled at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, becoming the first foreigner to attend one of China’s most venerated culinary schools. Recently, Dunlop joined us to discuss a collection of books that chronicle the experiences of foreign adventurers in China.

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.

Nov 20, 2023 | independent.co.uk | Martha Gellhorn

Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, died after Mr Rittenhouse, then 17 years old, fired a semi-automatic AR-15-style assault rifle at them during a protest in Kenosha in 2020. Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, was also injured. Mr Rittenhouse, now 20, has argued he fired in self-defence after each of the men attacked him, and in 2021, a jury acquitted him of multiple charges, including homicide.

Aug 7, 2023 | theava.com | Martha Gellhorn

In 1971, I made my fifth journey through Israel; purpose of journey, a book that never jelled. Tired of being serious and taking notes, I went to Eilath to swim.