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The day David Attenborough changed my life

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The day David Attenborough changed my life
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The book was my school prize in 1962, and I’ve just put it on my desk. The bookplate says it was awarded for “attainment and good work in English”, meaning that I got to a half-decent big-boys school despite being virtually innumerate. I chose it myself: Zoo Quest for a Dragon by David Attenborough.

So happy birthday, David: 100 years old on May 8: and 100 million thanks for being the greatest teacher of my life. I watched those early black and white Zoo Quest programmes enthralled: Paradise bi

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