Robert FitzRoy's ceremonial sword to be auctioned.
Month: October 2009
West Yorkshire event
Darwin walk in Ilkley, Wednesday 28th October, 2009.
American Museum of Natural History event
Plug for 'Darwin on Facebook: How Culture Transforms Human Evolution' at the American Museum of Natural History.
Misleading chart
Link to a post I wrote about a chart presented on the BBC website, which gives a misleadingly high impression of the church membership in the UK and Ireland.
To the editor of the London Review of Books
Regarding their false claim that someone other than Darwin 'wrote the definitive work on barnacles'.
Oystercatchers
Photo of a flock of oystercatchers in Anglesey.
Nature waiting
Nature waiting involves finding a nice spot, sitting down quietly, and waiting for nature to appear. It's a bit like nature watching, but more passive: you don't go looking for nature; you wait for nature to come to you.