Science graduate Sophie Huxley, a distant descendant of scientist Julian and writer Aldous, is a gardener for Oxford colleges and the author of the Oxford Science Walk, Oxford Trees and Eric Gill in Oxford, published by her own business Huxley Scientific Press. Her latest is An Oxford Bestiary (£9), a catalogue of the weird and wonderful animals to be seen in the City in real life, stained glass, gargoyles or pub signs by those who keep their eyes peeled, from the ox opposite the railway station to the dodo in the Museum of Natural History.
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