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    A miserable specimen

    Oct 29, 2020 4 minutes
    by Florence Heath

    ‘‘MUMMY, WE ARE go see diiiinosaurs!” Walking up the entrance ramp to the Natural History Museum with an elated two-year-old and her little best friend chirruping away, I was swept up in the excitement of the moment, filled with happy memories of childhood visits and student excursions to this giant treasure trove.

    Family holidays to London were never complete without a visit to the NHM for a good science quiz to explore with. Accessing the museum freely for lectures and meteorite research as a student always felt like an amazing privilege at a time when entry fees still applied. And so it was that I naturally brought my own daughter to meet the fauna, discover some of the

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