TV, FILM & RADIO
Secret love?
Ammonite / Available via streaming services from Friday 16 April
In her later life, the greatest discoveries of the real-life palaeontologist Mary Anning were behind her. With her health failing, her work finding fossils tailed off. As a self-taught female scientist, Anning had received far less credit for her discoveries than she deserved. She had endured financial problems down the years, at one point losing all her savings.
Whether she ever had a love affair with Charlotte Murchison, wife of the famed geologist Roderick and an accomplished geologist in her own right, is a matter of speculation, although they certainly knew each other. It’s this scenario that lies at the heart of Ammonite , a beautifully crafted new drama from director Francis Lee.
