What drives a person to form a collection of dead animal and insect specimens from all over the world? Walter Rothschild, son of a wealthy Jewish family, was expected to be a banker, but the natural world caught his attention with more passion than most of us can afford. By the time he went toContinue reading “Natural death?”
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Great-aunts and blessings.
Peebles. A town long-associated in my mind with treasured relatives and all that is good. Great-aunt Anne would write to me from here; long letters about her childhood in New Zealand, and the family history as she knew it. Photocopies of book pages, with her notes added alongside, newspaper cuttings, and photos. Peebles was alsoContinue reading “Great-aunts and blessings.”
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