I need a high res color scan (can be a 300dpi jpeg rgb) of the cover/dust jacket of the original (I think 1953) issue of My Family and other Animals. I will...
CENTRE FOR FORTEAN ZOOLOGY NEWSLETTER 22 May 2005 Dear Friends, How the time flies. It is nearly half way through the year, and midsummer will soon be upon us....
Hello, Devoted first to Gerald Durrell's books since age 12, later to Lawrence Durrell's as well, I was pleased to run across this group. I'm an English...
hello katheleen, and all the group aswell. i´m melina, from argentina. (sorry about my english, i´m spanish speaker) i´m 40 years old. i discovered gerald...
Hi, Melina, Kathleen and everyone in the group. My first contact with Gerald Durrel was in High School, while reading extracts from "My family". That became...
Olga, Durrell did so much work in South America that it is a great pity you haven't enough translations! He loved the continent. I was just rereading _The...
Hey I love most of Gerald Durrell books as I read them In school. I love MY family & other animals 7 other books that he has written. Does anyone have any...
Some bits are alright. Somethings not, I think a lot of people have a picture of Gerry through the books and whatever has been written of him. I know some...
Alan, Lawrence Durrell discussed a lot of the differences in _Blue Thirst_, a rare & lovely little account. But Gerald Durrell wasn't writing an exact history...
There might be lots of translations in Spanish, but in Portuguese (I am Brazillian) there weren't many editions. There's only "My family", "Birds, Beasts", and...
Thank u for that Kathleen I do agree with a lot of the books with regards to the sunny side up of many things and incidents. In a way I suppose that is what...
I had a breakdown 10 years ago and for 6 or 8 months all I could read was Gerald Durell books - already read and reread, btw. I was staying in the country at...
I second everything you say Ingrid and through Gerry's influence be it the books, but also all the staff who worked at the soo at the time when I was always...
Hi all, I just wanted to check in, introduce myself as the latest newbie, and tell you all how happy I am now that I found this group. Nice to know that ...
A novel getaway BY ANTHONY MCGOWAN It seemed like a good idea at the time. I was struggling to finish my fourth novel, a cheery little tale about a teenage boy...
It was at the grand old age of 12, in the year of 1967, that I was first introduced to "My Family and Other Animals", in our English Literature class at...
Geoff, You're a mere infant! I found Durrell when I was 12 or 14 -- um, let's say over 40 years ago! Try MoviesUnlimited.com. I bought the 1989 BBBC VHS from...
Six of Gerald Durrell's most popular books have recently been republished by House of Stratus. My Family and Other Animals has been published in hardback,...
Gerald Durrell OBE, author, pioneering conservationist and founder of the world famous Jersey Zoo and of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, was yesterday...
Hi Kate, Thanks for your mail. A mere infant? I wish! Also thanks for tipping me off about the web-site for the videos, I`ll give it a go. I actually wrote to...
22 September 2005 A BBC crew is currently on the Greek island of Corfu, in the Ionian Sea, filming a new adaptation, by Simon Nye, of Gerald Durrell's famous...
22 September 2005 YIANNIS DIMITRAS The Ionian island of Corfu was transported back to the 1930s yesterday as a camera crew from the BBC filmed shots for an...
... yesterday Imelda Staunton in the role of Durrell's mother. Imelda Staunton is a formidable British actress, best known internationally for "The Singing...
Just posted a photo of the location (Agnai Bay, Corfu) where the new BBC film "My family and other animals" is being filmed. Either go to "Photos" and click on...
David Hughes (Filed: 13/04/2005) David Hughes, who died on Monday aged 74, was an old-fashioned literary man in the very best sense of the term. Good-looking,...
Press Releases Imelda Staunton stars in My Family And Other Animals for BBC ONE Category: TV Drama Date: 08.09.2005 Printable version Award-winning actress...