"You can't understand European history at all other than through religion, or English literature either if you can't recognise biblical allusions.

I was brought up in a family which valued natural history. Both my parents knew the names of all the British wildflowers, so as we went walking the country, I was constantly being exposed to a natural history sort of knowledge.
I was brought up in a family which valued natural history. Both my parents knew the names of all the...
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