reviews – The Friends of Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘The Seabird’s Cry’ by Adam Nicolson

‘The Seabird’s Cry’ by Adam Nicolson

The lives of puffins, gannets, and other ocean voyagers.

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Book review: ‘Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species’ by Sabina Radeva

‘Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species’ by Sabina Radeva

Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection explained for young children.

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Book review: ‘Landfill’ by Tim Dee

‘Landfill’ by Tim Dee

A celebration of gulls.

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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’

‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 8, 1860’

Letters to and from Darwin in the immediate aftermath of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.

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Book review: ‘Lady Hope’ by L.R. Croft

Lady Hope

Re-flogging a long-dead horse.

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The Darwin bicentennial oak, 10 years on
Ten years ago today, I planted the Darwin Bicentennial Oak in my garden.
Hello, Azerbaijan!
I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Azerbaijan.
A cat among the pigeons
Could Charles Darwin really have been a moggy murderer?
Maureen Brian, FCD (12 June 1942 – 31 July 2018)
I was sad to learn via Facebook that Maureen Brian died earlier today.
The problem writing a book about Charles Darwin
…there are so damn many of the things already, how do you make your book different?

03-Dec-1831: Darwin’s first night aboard HMS Beagle
Darwin records his experimentations with a hammock.
29-Jan-1839: Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood
On 29th January 1839, after a short courtship and engagement, Charles Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgwood at St Peter's Church, Maer, Staffordshire.
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.
If humans evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys?
This is a question frequently posed by creationists—and quite often by perfectly rational people…
13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank
Charles Darwin’s closest brush with death during the Beagle voyage came on Sunday 13th January 1833, near that most infamous of nautical perils, Cape Horn.