In her 70s Jane Goodall; An inadvertent icon of grace and heroism, this primatologist turned environmental campaigner blazes an inspirational trail around the world.(Interview)

Byline: Alexandra Fuller

In the flesh, Dr. Jane Goodall, Dame of the British Empire, looks exactly as you would expect, only more so-a rare experience with people whose images are doggedly repeated in photographs or on screens. Hers is not a face aching to appear decades younger than it is (a chemically or surgically altered look that Goodall describes as "blank, vacuous, nothing inside") but rather the face of a woman who is frankly and unconsciously at home in her (very good) skin. The ponytail is her trademark-a simple, almost impatient gesture-thick, silver hair pulled back into a no-nonsense clasp at the nape of her neck. Her face emerges unimpeded: dark ...