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If everyone else is quote-mining Darwin, why shouldn't I?

Darwin on the delights of English country walks.

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Nothing For any Purpose

Explanation of why the phrase 'Nothing For any Purpose' appears on the bottom of the Red Notebook blog's sidebar.

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Hello, Malawi!

I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Malawi.

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The clue doesn't need to be in the name

By all means let's keep using the very useful Linnean species names, but let's stop messing around with them!

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Newsletter

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  • Newsletter No. 8: Reading for amusement
    Darwin reads Malthus · mass extinctions · earthworms · Gilbert White · Lonesome George · lichen · zebras · Neanderthals · life on Venus? · bats · book reviews · and more…
  • Newsletter No. 7: Stirring up the mud
    160 years after Darwin ‘stirred up the mud’, the ‘controversy’ over evolution by means of natural selection was settled long ago, as far as the scientific community is concerned.

Recent Posts

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  • The Darwin bicentennial oak, 11 years on
    Eleven years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
  • An embarrassment of Richards
    In which my head appears on a spike (six times).
  • Hello, Serbia!
    I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Serbia.
  • The Darwin bicentennial oak, 10 years on
    Ten years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.

Recent Articles

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  • 28-Sep-1838: Darwin brainstorms Malthus
    On 28 September 1838, Charles Darwin made some notes inspired by the writings of Rev. Thomas Malthus, and a famous simile was born.
  • Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
    To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.
  • 26-Apr-1882: Charles Darwin buried in Westminster Abbey
    On 26th April 1882, Charles Darwin was buried in Westminster Abbey. How this honour came about is described by his son Francis Darwin in The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin…
  • 03-Dec-1831: Darwin’s first night aboard HMS Beagle
    Darwin records his experimentations with a hammock.

Recent Reviews

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  • Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)
    …or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
  • Book review: ‘Tamed’ by Alice Roberts
    Ten species that changed our world.
  • Book review: ‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould
    Reflections in natural history.

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On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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