The Natural History of an English village.
Month: February 2012
Book review: ‘Leviathan or, the Whale’ by Philip Hoare
A wonderful history of man's relationship with the whale.
A miserable birthday aboard HMS Beagle
On Charles Darwin's miserable 23rd birthday (his first aboard HMS Beagle).
The Dickens Connection
Dickens, FitzRoy and how a tragic loss at sea spurred efforts to forecast storms.