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.
Book Review: ‘The Invention of Science’ by David Wootton
Review of ‘The Invention of Science: a new history of the Scientific Revolution’.
Hello, United Arab Emirates & Uganda!
I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first members from the United Arab Emirates, and Uganda!
The great Darwin fossil hunt
In which a friend beyond measure arranges a behind-the-scenes visit to the Natural History Museum to see fossils collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle voyage.