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Posts from the Friends of Charles Darwin blog.

  • Whitethroat

    They’re not particularly rare, but, for some reason, I had never seen a whitethroat until last week.

  • Kids and dinosaurs

    Kids love dinosaurs. Kids love science. I wonder what we do to so many of them to drive away their natural sense of wonder.

  • 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.