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Darwin & Fitzroy play, Reading

Darwin & Fitzroy play poster

Darwin groupies in or near Reading in Berkshire this coming week might like to check out the new play, Darwin & Fitzroy, by Juliet Aykroyd.

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The Friends of Charles Darwin proudly present…
PZ Myers, Live in Hebden Bridge!

PZ Myers, Live in Hebden Bridge

PZ Myers will be appearing at the Hebden Bridge Trades Club on 12th August, 2014, to talk about When Science Education Goes Wrong.

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Darwin portrait and sketches on display in Shrewsbury

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

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Missa Charles Darwin

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

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UCL's free public Lunch Hour Lecture series

News of an event which might be of interest to those of you within easy reach of London (although it will also be available online).

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28-Sep-1838: Darwin brainstorms Malthus
On 28 September 1838, Charles Darwin made some notes inspired by the writings of Rev. Thomas Malthus, and a famous simile was born.
Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.
26-Apr-1882: Charles Darwin buried in Westminster Abbey
On 26th April 1882, Charles Darwin was buried in Westminster Abbey. How this honour came about is described by his son Francis Darwin in The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin…
03-Dec-1831: Darwin’s first night aboard HMS Beagle
Darwin records his experimentations with a hammock.