Irish tales and wild women's amazing adventures

Mariella Frostrup tells Richard Purden about her book on female travellers, her days in the music business and childhood memories of her time in Ireland

Mariella Frostrup is enjoying a glass of Pinot Grigio in Edinburgh’s plush Bonham Hotel. “I loved the loquaciousness of Irish culture and the fact that everyone has a story to tell and they know how to tell it,” she says. “I think of Ireland as home.”