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Desmond Morris

January 2021

  • The Mysterious Gift, 1965, by Desmond Morris.

    The Great British Art Tour
    The Great British Art Tour: surreally saying something

    With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Swindon’s mysterious gift from Desmond Morris

June 2020

  • Detail from Girl Selling Flowers, 1946, by Desmond Morris

    The great British art quiz
    Which Swindon celebrity is selling flowers? The great British art quiz

    Swindon Museum and Art Gallery set today’s quiz, which enables you to explore the art collection of British museums closed due to Covid-19 – while answering some fiendish questions along the way

May 2020

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    Ugly makeup: the trend highlighting what's beyond conventional beauty

    Ugly makeup is imperfect, sloppy, chaotic – and only worn to please the wearer, against social expectations

June 2019

  • Desmond Morris at home in Oxford

    Good grief: Desmond Morris shows how a clearout can help you cope with death

    Anouchka Grose
    The renowned zoologist is selling his worldly possessions after the death of his wife of 66 years. It makes perfect sense, says the psychoanalyst and author Anouchka Grose

October 2017

  • Ye Ye, a 16-year-old giant panda, in Wolong nature reserve in Sichuan Province, China.

    The autocomplete questions
    What sound do pandas make? You asked Google – here’s the answer

    Jules Howard
  • Philip Hoare

    All zoos should be closed – other species have rights

    Philip Hoare

September 2017

  • Desmond Morris with the chimpanzee Congo on the Zootime TV programme from the London Zoo, 1956. (Photo by: Desmond Morris Collection/UIG via Getty Images)

    The Naked Ape at 50: ‘Its central claim has surely stood the test of time ‘

    In October 1967, Desmond Morris published his landmark study of human behaviour and evolution. Here four experts assess what he got right – and wrong

August 2017

  • Martin Kettle

    Mass tourism is at a tipping point – but we’re all part of the problem

    Martin Kettle
    Unless we rethink our holiday choices, the damage and destruction to global beauty spots can only grow, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

May 2017

  • Stuart Jeffries

    Eurovision 2017 is an after-hours pub car park – and the UK will get a kicking

    Stuart Jeffries
    Plucky Lucie Jones is not going to lose because her song is a vapid plodder. She’ll lose because Britain has taken the baton of shame from Russia as EU enemy No 1

April 2017

  • One Born Every Minute.

    TV tonight
    Tuesday’s best TV: One Born Every Minute; How to Be a Surrealist With Philippa Perry

    New series of maternity ward doc gets off to a magnificent start; genuinely strange TV featuring Philippa Perry and Desmond Morris. Plus: Carrie Fisher returns in the series finale of Catastrophe

October 2016

  • a still from the BBC Storyville documentary Unlocking the Cage showing Kanzi the bonobo using a language computer.

    Top 10s
    Top 10 books about intelligent animals

    From Machiavelli to Karen Joy Fowler, the author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? considers some of the best writing on brainy beasts

August 2016

  • Hannah Jane Parkinson

    I'll have what she's having: delving into the theories behind the female orgasm

    Hannah Jane Parkinson
    The latest answer to the mystery of why women climax looks to evolution for an answer. From sperm retention to a test for a quality mate, here are some other suggestions

August 2015

  • Song Thrush; Turdus philomelos; in process of bashing a snail to break the shell<br>Country Diary 18 August 2015 by Mark Cocker : Song Thrush; Turdus philomelos; in process of bashing a snail to break the shell

    Country diary
    Life and death beneath the hedge

    Country Diary: Claxton, Norfolk Blackbirds lack the necessary coordination to master this snail-breaking technique but have found a way to enjoy freshly cracked mollusc

August 2014

  • Dr Desmond Morris

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 29 August 1961: Why chimps are no chumps

    Originally published in the Guardian on 29 August 1961: Some animals can doze through life in a zoo. But higher primates cannot stand monotony. It was largely to combat this that hourly performances were organised.

May 2013

  • Cover of The Descent of Woman

    The H word
    Elaine Morgan and the Aquatic Ape

    Erika Lorraine Milam: The history of the aquatic ape may tell us more about the fraught relationship between feminism and science than it does about the evolution of humanity

June 2012

  • All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry

    TV and radio blog
    Grayson Perry showcases the fine art of TV documentary-making

    Julia Raeside: Channel 4 is right to hand the artist a two-year deal – he has a benign warmth and empathy that many other presenters lack

February 2012

  • Adele gives the finger at the Brit awards, February 2012

    The shock index: is giving the finger still offensive?

    First MIA, and now Adele – flipping the bird seems to be all the rage for female pop singers. But has the gesture lost its power to shock?

July 2011

  • Silverback mountain gorilla

    Notes & Theories
    Lice, sex, gorillas and genetics

    Clues in the DNA of pubic lice and humans suggest that our ancestors and the ancestors of gorillas may have been on particularly friendly terms, says Carole Jahme

October 2010

  • Child watching TV

    Desmond Morris: TV as good as books for toddlers

    Anthropologist attacks 'cultural snobbery' in contentious new book on development of preschool children

September 2010

  • Going to the dogs: our predilection for pets

    Furry, four-legged, faithful and full of fun… It's no wonder many of us prefer our pets to our partners. But why have we become such a petcentric nation? As Battersea Dogs & Cats Home celebrates its 150th anniversary, we examine the changing role of animals in our lives

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