The playwright on 'A Museum in Baghdad', and how she discovered the story of Gertrude Bell It all started in 2009 in the National Portrait Gallery. I'd had a meeting nearby so popped in to get a cuppa and stare at the beautiful rooftop view of London from their top-floor café, but a picture caught my eye. It was part of an exhibition of Victorian Women Explorers, a photograph of a woman with a rather severe face. Th…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:18PM on October 22, 2019