In My Mind's Eye by Jan Morris

3. The First Time

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 5^th Sep 2018, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 25^th May 2023, 02:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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In her published 'diary of my thoughts', Jan Morris, renowned author and traveller, covers much ground:

"It's wonderful, isn't it - how the experience of The First Time loiters in the memory.."

Also, a trip in a de Havilland Dragon Rapide biplane and the quirks of keeping old address books.

Read by Janet Suzman.

Abridged by Katrin Williams.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018. Show less