Blog – Page 5 – The Friends of Charles Darwin

Reckon you're clever, huh? So answer me this one…

An alternative take on the hoary old question, ‘If humans evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys around?’.

I have decided to start ‘curating’ a Facebook page and corresponding Flipboard magazine to share links to new online ‘Nature Writing’ articles.

Victoria Clinton's 2009 portrait in oils of Charles Darwin, painted to mark his bicentenary celebrations.

Details of London Concord Singers premiere of Missa Charles Darwin by Gregory W Brown.

Philomena Cunk's Moments of Wonder ep. 3: ‘Evolution’

The Friends of Charles Darwin were officially founded 20 years ago today, on 2nd March, 1994.

Sir Francis Darwin's reminiscences about his father include an amusing passage describing Charles Darwin's approach to reading German.

In which I find an enigmatic inscription written inside an old book.

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

Pretty much as predicted, the Bank of England has announced that Jane Austen will replace Charles Darwin on the £10 note.

20th July marks a number of Darwin-related anniversaries.

The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, will look at the women represented on banknotes by the end of July.