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Jan Morris by Sara Wheeler review – masterly...
The journalistic adventurer and trans trailblazer is revealed as brilliant, prolific and deeply selfishJan Morris had two stipulations before she would agree to sit for a painting for the National Portrait Gallery in London. Ibsen, her Norwegian forest cat, should feature. And so should one of her calves. The gallery acceded, and the resulting portrait shows Morris, then just shy of 80, in a yellow jumper and dark green skirt, Ibsen glowering beside her bare legs. She was pleased with the portra
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