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Helena Drysdale, part 1

Helena Drysdale

Helena Drysdale speaks with James McConnachie about gender in travel writing, cancer and chasing the family past. Helena Drysdale speaks with James McConnachie about male vs female travel writing, journeys alone and with others, becoming literally radioactive during cancer treatment and chasing the past in Romania, Greece and New Zealand.


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