Our second newsletter marks the 159th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’…
Newsletter No. 2: Writing with a dip pen
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14-May-1856: Darwin starts writing his ‘big species book’
On 14 May 1856, Charles Darwin recorded in his journal that, on the advice of his friend Charles Lyell, after almost 20 years exploring the subject, he had finally begun writing a ‘sketch’ of his ideas on species.
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.
Charles Darwin on the family tree of languages
In ‘On the Origin of Species’, Darwin hypothesises that the family tree of languages must closely reflect the family tree of the different races of mankind that speak them.
Book review: ‘Darwin's On the Origin of Species: a Modern Rendition’ by Daniel Duzdevich
Darwin copy-edited for the 21st century.