Killing giraffes in the name of sport — and the Empire
This week, just as the House of Commons in London plunged ever deeper into the Brexit abyss, a beautiful hardback book revealed itself in the second-hand section of Chapters bookshop in Dublin. It was a glorious and timely coincidence.
The book was more than 120 years old and was rooted in those years when the British Empire was at the zenith of its power.
