The Friends of Charles Darwin

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  • Come and meet Mick Manning & Brita Granström (Kent, UK)

    Free event for children age 7-11 in Kent.

  • Hello, Morocco! 🇲🇦

    I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Morocco.

  • What Charles Darwin saw on his massive, amazing journey!

    Eleanor Armitage (age 7) reviews the book ‘What Mr Darwin Saw’.

  • Darwin’s favourite tune

    Reminiscing about his father, Charles Darwin’s son Francis wrote: In the evening, that is, after he had read as much as his strength would allow, and before the reading aloud began, he would often lie on the sofa and listen to my mother playing the piano. He had not a good ear, yet in spite…

  • Melvyn’s motherlode

    The BBC puts the entire ‘In Our Time’ audio archive online.

  • Hello, Bermuda! 🇧🇲

    I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Bermuda.

  • Hello, Czech Republic! 🇨🇿

    I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from the Czech Republic.

  • Darwin post card

    My response to Colin Purrington FCD’s request for examples of Darwin/evolution-related postal art for Darwin Day.

  • Hello, Lithuania! 🇱🇹

    I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Lithuania.

  • Darwin Year

    So how will the Friends of Charles Darwin be referring to 2010, I hear you ask.

  • Pick of my posts, 2009

    Apparently, it’s traditional on this date to post a set of links to your best blog posts from the year. Well, I don’t know about best, but here is a selection of the 2009 posts which I think best reflect my preferred blogging style, when I can find time to write.

  • Goldsmith’s Animated Nature

    An excellent Christmas present from my frankly gorgeous friend, Stense.