...the president in question being Darwin's twin, Abraham Lincoln.
Month: January 2009
Talking with Towser
Podcast explains how Darwin's neighbour taught dogs to read!
Not exactly a toothy grin
Charles Darwin smiles!
As Darwin so famously said...
In which I write a letter to an Observer journalist, asking for the original source of a Darwin quote.
Are you calling Neanderthal Man an idiot?
Thomas Henry Huxley on Neanderthal Man.
07-Aug-1838: Darwin takes the train
On 7th August 1838, Charles Darwin described his first ever railway journey. He was not overly impressed.
Taking stock in rolling stock
How Charles Darwin invested in the railways.
Nidification
Darwin quizzes his cousin on nests.
Syms' place
The post office built by Syms Covington in the gold-rush town of Pambula, New South Wales is still standing.
12-Jan-1836: Darwin in the Land of Oz
On 12th January 1836, ‘HMS Beagle’ arrived in Sydney harbour, with Charles Darwin on board.
Coming soon to Down House
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and 150th anniversary of the publication of 'On the Origin of Species', English Heritage is unveiling a major new investment programme at Down House.
11-Jan-1844: Darwin confesses murder!
Darwin comes clean about his heretical views to Joseph Dalton Hooker, humorously likening admitting believing in evolution to ‘confessing a murder’.