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Radio 4,3 mins

John Simpson pays tribute to ‘surrogate mother’ Martha Gellhorn

A War of Words

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John Simpson celebrates the American war correspondent’s writing from the Spanish Civil War which he describes as ‘beautifully observed and highly accurate’. The Âé¶¹Éç’s world affairs editor became close to Martha Gellhorn in her later years and he pays a personal tribute to her in his series on writing from the Spanish Civil War - War of Words.

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