Broyard then cited one sentence from a book on surrealism that struck him: “Beauty is the chance meeting, on an operating table, of a sewing machine and an umbrella.” Such surrealism—or the chance ...

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A chance encounter in Lancaster led to a debut talk on Sir Richard Owen in his home city. Leah George Demetriou met Dr Christopher Tinmouth on a guided tour of Lancaster Castle.