A program that crosses borders and time zones to bring home the stories that matter.
“The Salt Path” is a best-selling memoir and major film. And now, an investigation by The Observer has revealed several of the central claims in the story are false, and the reality includes accusations of criminal conduct. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with the director of the Oxford Center for Life Writing about the expectation of truth in memoirs — and when creative license crosses the line.
When author and artist Noah Angell heard rumors that the British Museum in London was haunted, he set about documenting ghost stories that were circulating among the museum’s staff in his book, “Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects.”