RSL 200: Colin Thubron CRSL

Contributor/s : Colin Thubron

Recorded on date : November 30, 2020

Colin Thubron CBE CRSL FRSL was elected an RSL Fellow in 1969. He is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, The Times ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers. Colin is a former President of the RSL and holds the position of President Emeritus.

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