Darwin’s handwritten page from ‘On the Origin of Species’ barred from export in hope of finding UK buyer

The owner of a handwritten page from Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ has been temporarily prevented from exporting it out of the UK by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

The owner of the letter bought it at auction last summer. The export bar also extends to two separat…

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