A Darwin-themed activity book for children.
Reviews
Film review: ‘Creation: the true story of Charles Darwin’
An entertaining film (if you ignore the paranormal nonsense).
Documentary review: ‘Galápagos: the Islands that Changed the World’
Totally awesome three-part series about some rather special islands.
Film review: ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’
In which I dismiss any charges of historical inaccuracy against the latest Aardman animation.
Book review: ‘Parasite Rex’ by Carl Zimmer
Inside the bizarre world of nature’s most dangerous creatures.
Book review: ‘Evolution’ by Carl Zimmer
The triumph of an Idea: from Darwin to DNA.
Book review: ‘Darwin's Mentor: John Stevens Henslow 1796–1861’ by S.M. Walters & E.A. Stow
The biography of John Stephens Henslow, Charles Darwin’s favourite tutor at Cambridge, and an all-round good egg.
Book review: ‘Darwin in Cambridge’ by John van Wyhe
A useful booklet about Darwin's Cambridge connections.
Book review: ‘The Lunar Men’ by Jenny Uglow
The Friends who Made the Future, 1730–1810
Book review: ‘HMS Beagle’ by Keith S Thomson
The ship that changed the course of history.
Book review: ‘Darwin and the Barnacle’ by Rebecca Stott
Charles Darwin's eight-year barnacle odyssey.
Book review: ‘Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, adventure, and swimming iguana's in Charles Darwin's South America’ by Eric Simons
Young travel writer follows in the footsteps of Darwin.