Sara Wheeler

Sara Wheeler is an award-winning and internationally bestselling travel writer and biographer, and a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio; like Jan Morris, she has spent half her working life on the road. Her eleven books include Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica and Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard . She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a contributing editor of the Literary Review. Her latest book is Jan Morris: A Life.

Upcoming Events

Featuring Talks By:
Martin Gayford by Josephine Gayford
Martin Gayford
on Venice, the City of Pictures
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Sara Wheeler
on travel writer Jan Morris and her lifelong fascination with Venice
Stephen Bayley
Stephen Bayley
on architect and designer Carlo Scarpa

5x15: Five Leading Thinkers on the Unique Magic of Venice

Five cultural figures each deliver a fifteen-minute talk exploring Venice through art, literature, history and design. In support of Venice in Peril Fund’s Acqua Granda Appeal.

Videos

Sara Wheeler @ 5x15 - Arctic Exploration

Past Events

5 Speakers, 15 Minutes Each - April 2026

The Tabernacle, W11
The Tabernacle, W11
Event Featuring

Join us in April for more captivating stories, from an award-winning line-up of speakers, live at The Tabernacle.