Andrew Lycett

Jan Morris’s ‘national treasure’ status is misleading

The author and journalist was an extremely private, complicated person, and the charming ‘aunty’ image she adopted was a clever disguise

Jan Morris. [Alamy] 
issue 08 October 2022
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