Viv Groskop

Is this the end of travel writing?

Sara Wheeler has long been drawn to the remotest places on Earth, but accusations of ‘cultural appropriation’ now bedevil the genre

Sara Wheeler in the Arctic Ocean, 2013.  
issue 11 March 2023

  • Glowing Still: A Woman’s Life on the Road

    Sara Wheeler

    Abacus, pp. 368, £22

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