Cosmological conversation with my dad
How far away is the sun?
End of an era
This morning, I went to the cash point for some money, only to be presented with a wad of brand new £10 notes featuring Jane Austen instead of Charles Darwin.
Now we are 4,000
The Friends of Charles Darwin have their 4,000th member.
The Darwin bicentennial oak, 8 years on
Eight years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
The name's Darwin: Charles Darwin
KILLER FACT: Charles Darwin once featured in a James Bond film.
Three new book reviews
I've just posted three new book reviews in the Books section.
Attenborough reads Darwin
In celebration of his 90th birthday, the BBC has released a short video of Sir David Attenborough reading from the final paragraph of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
Book Review: ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf
Review of ‘The Invention of Nature: the adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science’.
The Darwin bicentennial oak, 7 years on
Seven years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank
Charles Darwin's closest brush with death during the Beagle voyage came on Sunday 13th January 1833, near that most infamous of nautical perils, Cape Horn.