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Aidan Hartley
Aidan Hartley is The Spectator’s Wild Life columnist.
International
Kenya may be fizzing with violence, but at least it has purpose
When I visit Europe I feel I am in a place facing decline, aging and cultural confusion
By Aidan Hartley
Place
When my dad had to shoot a lion
Growing up, the hide was laid across the floor at home and I used to lie on it, urging dad to tell me the story again
By Aidan Hartley
Place
My encounter with ‘black cotton’
Black cotton is a special kind of soil you find in Africa, which when it’s dry looks like the cracked, dark-gray hide of a rhino
By Aidan Hartley
Diary
A heart attack in Nairobi
I nearly exploded in my vehicle while trying to find a parking space
By Aidan Hartley
Life
How my family’s water stories became legends in Kenya
‘In Laikipia, rainfall varies throughout the year and year to year,’ my neighbor Tom told me when I first knew the valley three decades ago
By Aidan Hartley
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