Pair's update on Usk guest house for Alfred Russel Wallace
AN UNLIKELY pair who teamed up last year to build a guest house and hub in Usk dedicated to an evolutionary scientist from the town have provided an update on their work. Alfred Russel Wallace was born in Llanbadoc at Kensington Cottage, which local business owner Clive Jones bought in 2010. Alfred Russel Wallace Mr Jones said he had no idea the great evolutionist - who independently came up with the theory of natural selection in 1858 - had lived in the property, but realised once he had bought it. “I’ve always been interested in history and once I’d looked at his life in great...
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