BBC: The triffids walk again: why do we have a love affair with man-eating plants?

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The triffids walk again: why do we have a love affair with man-eating plants?

A new television adaptation is being made of The Day of the Triffids, but why are we still prepared to believe in a post-apocalyptic world roamed by flesh-eating semi-sentient plants? And do we have a love affair with fictionalised destruction?

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