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Darwin's doodles
Even Charles Darwin couldn't concentrate in class as the doodles in his school work prove! The playful sketches gives us a glimpse of the young Darwin's character, an inquisitive mind full of questions. And amongst the drawings there's another famous name that jumps out from the page, but who is it?
Richard Tisdale explores some of Darwin's earliest work with Shrewsbury School archivist Naomi Nicholas and her predecessor, Robin Brooks Smith.
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