FT Series

A collection of stories from Jan Morris, who has died aged 94

FT tales from the travel writer, journalist and historian who broke the news of the first ascent of Everest

© Corbis/Getty Images | Writer and historian Jan Morris at home in north Wales
All-time high

On the climb’s 60th anniversary, the sole reporter on the expedition that conquered Everest returns to the Welsh hotel that served as the team’s training camp

Why I started a diary aged 90, by Jan Morris

First up: music, tears and American ‘niceness’, and why the English don’t smile now

Writer Jan Morris on reporting from Everest and changing sex

Travel has fuelled her outsized life. At 91, she reflects on the meaning of adventure

The Diary: Jan Morris

The writer muses on pilots, poetry and martinis

Oxford’s new architecture

Contemporary buildings have reinvigorated – rather than ruined – this historic city

Jan Morris in the heart of Wales

Dolgellau, a small town in the heart of Wales, is full of surprises

More from this Series

Jan Morris: a tale of two beaches

Where Waikiki is full of rock ’n’ roll dazzle, Cricieth in Wales has rather more modest charms. But, says the renowned travel writer, there are reasons to love them both

The Alpine railway

For nearly one hundred years, the Jungfrau Railway has kept the Bernese Oberland as one of Europe’s supreme destination

Voyage of two lifetimes

Set sail on the Queen Mary 2 from New York to Southampton and look back to life aboard the ship’s illustrious predecessor

A proper piazza

For years the Piece Hall, a Georgian glory that began life as a Halifax wool exchange, suffered neglect. But a new project could reinvigorate it as a centre of public life

Mellow Torcello