Rosemary Brown and 'Following Nellie Bly' in conversation with Jacki Hill-Murphy and 'The Life and Travels of Isabella Bird'
7.30pm - Richmond Town Hall
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Trailblazing journalist Nellie Bly circled the world faster than anyone ever had in 1890. Travelling alone with just a Gladstone bag, she shattered the fictional record of Phileas Fogg, returning in 72 days. Awed by her achievement and shocked by its present-day obscurity, Rosemary J Brown re-traced Bly's global voyage 125 years later. Their journeys are captured in 'Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World'. London based journalist Rosemary is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. In 2019, she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to research initiatives in Greece amd Ireland helping refugees to rebuild their lives.