Martha Gellhorn was a war journalist and fiction writer, who died in 1998, after a sixty year career which saw her report on virtually every major conflict of the 20th century from the Spanish Civil war to the Communist takeover in China.
Caroline Moorehead, who has just written a biography about about the Martha she knew joins Jenni to talk about Martha Gellhorn's distinguished career and Caroline's access to previously unseen material. Martha Gellhorn by Caroline Moorehead is published by Chatto and Windus on 2nd October; ISBN: 0 7011 6951 6 Caroline is giving a talk at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 30 September 2003, tickets cost £6, starts 7.30pm