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Four legs good, two legs bad – the philosophy of Gerald Durrell

7 December 2024 9:00 am

From a young man determined to protect the world’s vulnerable species, Durrell became in middle age someone who loathed the species of which he was a member

The English lieutenant’s Frenchwoman: the tragic story of Adèle Hugo

8 June 2024 9:00 am

Mark Bostridge’s obsession with Victor Hugo’s beautiful daughter almost rivals her own infatuation with Albert Pinson, the naval officer she pursued around the world