I knew Jane Austen’s novels backwards and forwards since I was at school and loved them very much. However, it was 32 years ago when we moved into our current home [the Old Vicarage in Kintbury ...

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(Read how wild animals cope with wildfires.) Here are some of the fire adaptations scientists have discovered so far. Some species have already evolved ways to survive fires. In Australia ...