Blue plaque for US war correspondent Martha Gellhorn

Journalist and novelist gained reputation as one of great war reporters of 20th centuryA blue plaque in honour of the American writer Martha Gellhorn has been unveiled at her former London home – the first plaque to bear the dedication “war correspondent”.The journalist and novelist forged a reputation as one of the great war reporters of the 20th century for her correspondence on news stories including the rise of Adolf Hitler, the second world war, the Vietnam war and the Ara