Give your tiny alien the space to be itself
7th December 2008
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Sometimes, the cleverest people are also the silliest. You only need to glance at Sally Adams to see that she is an academic: the Frida Kahlo eyebrows, the socks and sandals, the determinedly shapeless mound of clothes topped by an ethnic hat. You have to be very clever indeed to look this dowdy.
This time, she has a clearer idea of what she wants: a baby with brains. Although she lives in Hampstead, north London, she has placed newspaper adverts in Oxford and Cambridge, in the hopes of attracting a donor of the highest scholastic calibre. “I’m looking for someone who is educated, intellectual and possibly with connections to the colleges,” she says. “Oxford is a very good possible catchment area. I studied at Oxford University.”