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Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace

Modesty and candour: the Darwin-Wallace friendship

To mark the 200th anniversary of Wallace’s birth, an article exploring the friendship between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.

Published 08-Jan-2023
Filed under: Articles, Mini Biographies Tags: alfred russel wallace, charles darwin, darwin correspondence, human evolution, natural selection, pangenesis, warning colouration
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Newsletter No. 16: ‘Pilgrimages and plans’

A bumper Christmas edition of Darwin-related goodies.

Published 22-Dec-2022
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: beagle voyage, cambridge, charles darwin, coral islands, earthworms, hms beagle, movement in plants, note-making, pilgrimages, species classification
‘Darwin in Conversation’ exhibition, Cambridge

Cambridge Darwin pilgrimage

A trip to see a treasure-trove of Darwinalia.

Published 02-Dec-2022
Filed under: Uncategorised Tags: cambridge, charles darwin, darwin correspondence, darwin correspondence project
Darwin’s study at Down House
Darwin’s study at Down House

Charles Darwin’s note-making system

An exploration of how Darwin kept track of his various notes, enabling him to produce a huge body of work.

Published 12-Oct-2022
Filed under: Articles Tags: charles darwin, charles lyell, francis darwin, note-making, origin of species, thomas henry huxley
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Newsletter No. 13: ‘Some excellent news’

Some great news • How the internet is supposed to work • Darwin plays backgammon • Links and book reviews • a necessary owl

Published 08-Apr-2022
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: charles darwin, darwin correspondence project, darwin online, dinosaurs, galapagos islands, neanderthals, notebooks, owls
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Newsletter No. 12: ‘A comparatively free man’

A poorly Darwin writes to his cousin • links and book recommendations • the evolution of the eye

Published 12-Feb-2022
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: charles darwin, coronavirus, darwin's illness, edward o wilson, fungi, mammals, richard leakey, sexual selection, william darwin fox
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Newsletter No. 11: ‘Give that man a medal!’

A contentious gong · loads of links · book recommendations · Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘

Published 05-Nov-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: adam sedgwick, alfred russel wallace, charles darwin, human evolution, mammals, pollination, snakes, thomas henry huxley
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Newsletter No. 10: ‘Attending a very little to species’

In which Darwin gets to work on species, and I disappear down a research rabbit-hole. With loads of links to recent Darwin- and evolution-related stories.

Published 30-Jul-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: beagle voyage, charles darwin, charles lyell, darwin's finches, galapagos islands, human evolution, john gould, mockingbirds, tortoises
‘Darwin: a companion’ by Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe

Book review: ‘Darwin: a companion’ by Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe

A monumental reference work, and a must-have for all Darwin scholars.

Published 26-Jul-2021
Filed under: Reviews Genres: About Darwin, History of Science Tags: charles darwin, john van wyhe, reviews
Darwin stamps

Newsletter No. 9: ‘Time flies’

Stolen notebooks · DNA barcoding · butterflies · Mary Anning · flowers · cool videos · insects · snakes · mammalian evolution · book reviews

Published 12-Feb-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alice roberts, bicentennial oak, charles darwin, dna, flowers, insects, janet browne, mammals, stephen jay gould
‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin, 1st edition, title page

Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)

…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

Published 24-Nov-2020
Filed under: Reviews Genres: By Darwin, Evolution Tags: charles darwin, evolution, natural selection, origin of species
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus (1766–1834)

Newsletter No. 8: ‘Reading for amusement’

Darwin reads Malthus · mass extinctions · earthworms · Gilbert White · Lonesome George · lichen · zebras · Neanderthals · life on Venus? · bats · book reviews · and more…

Published 28-Sep-2020
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: astrobiology, bats, charles darwin, earthworms, galapagos islands, gilbert white, mass extinctions, natural selection, neanderthals, podcasts, stephen jay gould, thomas malthus, tortoises

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