https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n19/lorna-finlayson/let-them-eat-oysters Created Fri, 22/09/2023 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 22/09/2023 - 00:00 It hardly needs to be said that all is not well with our world. We are disempowered, isolated and (quite rationally) anxious about the future. The animal world offers both an escape and the promise of meaning.