Interesting facts about remarkable species.
Author: Richard Carter, FCD
Writer and photographer Richard Carter, FCD is the founder of the Friends of Charles Darwin. He lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.Website • Newsletter • Mastodon • etc…
Now we are 30
02-Mar-2024: The Friends of Charles Darwin were founded 30 years ago today!
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 20 • 1872’
Publication of the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’, and of ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’.
Newsletter No. 19: ‘Ruinous propensity’
Darwin’s 215th birthday • moths to the flame • Darwin’s personal library • caterpillars and blue tits • more moths • Hell chickens • the birth of the moon • navel gazing • book recommendations • and more…
The Darwin bicentennial oak, 15 years on
Fifteen years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
Book review: ‘The Notebook’ by Roland Allen
A history of thinking on paper.
Newsletter No. 18: ‘Unnecessary irreligious deductions’
Darwin versus Mivart, plus Darwin-related links and book recommendations.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 19 • 1871’
A busy year for Darwin: ‘The Descent of Man’ published, with another book on the way, and the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’.
Newsletter No. 17: ‘The man behind the mythology’
Coming out of hiatus • Darwin’s correspondence • Darwin and Wallace’s friendship • Darwin-related articles
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 18 • 1870’
Putting the finishing touches to ‘The Descent of Man’.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 17 • 1869’
Researching human evolution, human and animal emotions, and sexual selection.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part 2 • 1868’
Researching human evolution and expressions, and revising ‘On the Origin of Species’.