The Latest Breaking News from Jonathan Raban

The Coco Chanel exhibition had me weak at the knees, but the woman remains an enigma

The fashion designer celebrated at the V&A had an extraordinary talent for reinvention and even those who knew her struggled to convey her essence

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2023

Father & Son by Jonathan Raban – in retrospect

The travel writer’s posthumously-published memoir charts a complex family history and his own life-changing illness

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023

Father and Son by Jonathan Raban review – salute to a complicated father

The late travel writer and novelist’s study of his dad – brave soldier, man of the cloth but also snob and antisemite – offers a beautifully written portrait rather than judgment

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023

Jonathan Raban: his travel writing could pierce your heart

Author Philip Marsden on how Raban, who has died aged 80, brought us his darkly comic and sardonic view of the worldJonathan Raban, travel writer and novelist, dies aged 80

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Jonathan Raban, travel writer and novelist, dies aged 80

The British author, who lived in the US, blended memoir and travelogue in books that were often inspired by the sea

The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2023