Elephant in the kitchen

Zoologist, writer, TV presenter – Dr Sasha Norris has had a glittering career in academia and the media since she graduated from the University of Bristol more than 30 years ago. Yet today she’s kneel

When Claire Turner married her husband Mark last year, there were three surprise guests at their wedding: alpacas Valentine, Bobble and Spring. “We have 36 alpacas all together, so we had to think ver

Actor Miriam Margolyes shares her lifelong love of creatures great and small

I CALL patients into my clinic by name, which is fine most of the time, but it means I’ve had call a few odd things across the waiting room, like ‘Mr Darcy’ and ‘Frisky!’ “I’m a morning person and so

What did you find most surprising about moving to the UK at the age of eight? The UK was a far-flung and exciting-sounding place I’d heard of as a boy growing up in Sudan. I think it’s part of the rea

I loved animals and was determined to protect them