Butterflies (TV series) unconventional friendship with Leonard. In a 2002 interview, Carla Lane explained, "I wanted to write a comedy about a woman contemplating adultery." In the first episode, an expository discussion between Ria and Leonard alludes to the significance of the series' title: "We are all kids chasing butterflies. You see it, you want it, you grab it, and there it is, all squashed in your hand." She adds, "I am one of the few lucky ones, I have a pleasant house, a pleasant man and two pleasant sons. My butterfly didn't get squashed." Ria's husband Ben collects and studies butterflies. The
Russell Square novel "The Swimming Pool Library" (1988), the protagonist William Beckwith spends time here with his lover who works in a hotel overlooking the square. In chapter 6 ("Rendezvous") of John Wyndham's novel "The Day of the Triffids" (1951) the main characters William (Bill) Masen and Josella Playton are photographed by Elspeth Cary in Russell Square while practicing with triffid guns. In Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant books, the first of which is "The Rivers of London" (also known as "Midnight Riot"), The Folly – headquarters of British wizardry – is located in Russell Square. Russell Square is the location of the