Eleanor glanville the butterfly collector

Biologist whose work paved the way for Dolly ...

In a John Behan bronze, collector Jacqueline O’Donovan, a child of the Irish diaspora, can sense the desperation of a starving people forced to flee their land

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

After early profligate years in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Francis Grant traded sporting scenes for portraits and climbed the ladder to become president of the Royal Academy. A forthcoming exhibition at Dickinson does justice to his drawing

Holbein Elizabeth Goldring (Paul Mellon Centre, £40) ACCORDING ...

For many people, Gilbert White needs little introduction. An 18th-century naturalist and clergyman, he lived in the village of Selborne in Hampshire, and kept a meticulous nature diary, which he event