Colin Greenwood

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We tend to dislike the birds — because, says Jon Day, their adaptability and homing instincts are too like our own

issue 22 June 2019

  • Homing: On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return

    Jon Day

    John Murray, pp. 256

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