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Jan Morris

Jan Morris is the author of over forty books including Venice, Oxford and Pax Britannica (Faber/Harvest), a three-volume history of the British Empire. Her final collection of reportage and travel pieces is Contact! A Book of Encounters (W. W. Norton), published in 2010. She lives in Wales.

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Subject+Object

Jan Morris

‘The sea runs through our house – not literally, of course, but metaphorically, or perhaps emotionally.’

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Perchance to Pick One’s Nose

Jan Morris

‘Shame and regret are certainly not the same things: je ne regrette rien, like charity, can cover a multitude of sins.’

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Clive’s Castle

Jan Morris

‘It was an empire, by and large, without ideology.’

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Interstate 281

Jan Morris

‘The insularity of Texas has always entertained travellers, coupled as it is with extreme technical sophistication, and Texans of course love to make the most of it.’

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