The Eagle pub displays a dark wooden sign swinging above the entrance, featuring a white eagle clutching a bundle of lightning bolts. Inside, the ceiling of the back room is covered in names and squadron numbers scorched into the plaster with cigarette lighters by Second World War airmen. They sat here drinking between missions, marking their presence before flying out over occupied Europe. In February nineteen fifty-three, two scientists from the nearby Cavendish Laboratory walked in and announced they had discovered the secret of life.
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