Saturday, March 10, 2007


Promotional shot - Durrell in Russia
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Promotional shot : Durrell in Russia
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Promotional shot - DIR: The Red Desert
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Promotional shot - DIR : The Endless Day
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Promotional shot - DIR : Children in Nature

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Durrell in Russia : Children in Nature
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Durrell in Russia : The Red Desert
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A series of Durrell video covers : The Endless Day
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Thursday, March 01, 2007


First Latvian editions of Durrell - twin publications.
Publisher: Zvaigzne, 1971
Label / Series: Apvarsnis (The Globe)
A Zoo in My Luggage & Menagerie Manor (1971)
My Family and Other Animals (1973)
The Overloaded Ark and Catch Me a Colobus (1977)
Publisher: Liesma, Riga
Label / Series: Stati par Dabu (Tales about Nature)
The Drunken Forest and The Whispering Land (1980)
Three Singles to Adventure and Two in the Bush (1984)
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Durrell portrayed as he most commonly was - with adopted primates. Here, with a Black and White Ruffed Lemur, on the cover of the entertainment periodical, Radio Times - Summer 5 - 11 July 1980. For a program called "The Edge of Extinction"
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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Badge for the Dodo Club - the children's wing of the Trust

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

100

We have at present 100 odd media objects. Which brings us to the 3rd part of representing Durrell on the Web

1. Detailed Wikipedia article with references
2. Media repository
3. The Annotated Durrell
- for each book,
==> corroborate with facts as much as possible
==> map events out on a detailed map of the region
==> collect photos of the region of significance
==> checklist animals referenced in the book
==> decipher publishing history of the book
==> trivia repository associated with the book
==> literary allusions like names of animals
==> cross references across books resolved
==> quote songs and limericks, try and sort out links to books referred to in the text

 Photos from the Stationary Ark Posted by Picasa

 Gerald Durrell and his dog Roger, on Corfu Posted by Picasa

 Gerald Durrell Memorial Headstone, with a quote by William Beebe, under which the ashes of Durrell lie buried Posted by Picasa

 Newspaper report of the Jambo incident Posted by Picasa

 Trust themed Jersey FDCs - 1971 Posted by Picasa

 Trust themed Jersey FDCs - 1972 Posted by Picasa

 A mauritius stamp set depicting rare geckos - the one on the top right - Nactus serpeninsula durrelli - is named after Durrell Posted by Picasa

 Durrell's mentor - Theodore Stephanides in Corfu Posted by Picasa

 Durrell's biographer, Douglas Botting, in front of Durrell's library. See high res image here - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Durrelllibrary.jpg Posted by Picasa

 Durrell and the Fon in Bafut. By Howard Sochurek, Sep 1957 Posted by Picasa

 On the verandah of the snow white villa in Corfu Posted by Picasa

 Two photos from Frank Herholdt depicting technology usage in West African villages. The shots look suspiciously set up. Taken in Bafut. Posted by Picasa

 Three beautiful shots of the zoo grounds, the manor house, and the great apes exclosure from the air. From : http://biodiv.biofac.uni-sofia.bg/pub/gallery/album157 Posted by Picasa

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