Aidan Hartley Aidan Hartley

My conversations with Wilfred Thesiger

Stories of Yemen and trousers got me remembering his visits to our family ranch in Tanzania

Wilfred Thesiger at his home in Maralal, Kenya. [adrian arbib / Alamy Stock Photo]

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