Writing tagged: ‘charles darwin’
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Newsletter No. 3: ‘Knee-deep in barnacles’
Marking Charles Darwin’s 210th birthday.
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03-Dec-1831: Darwin’s first night aboard HMS Beagle
Darwin records his experimentations with a hammock.
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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.
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Newsletter No. 2: ‘Writing with a dip pen’
Marking the 159th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’…
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants’ by Ken Thompson
Darwin’s botany today.
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A cat among the pigeons
Could Charles Darwin really have been a moggy murderer?
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Newsletter No. 1: ‘Auspicious date’
Our very first newsletter went out on 160th anniversary of Charles Darwin finally going public with his Theory of Evolution by Means of Natural Selection. As anniversaries go, that’s a biggie…
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Backyard’ by James T Costa
How small experiments led to a big theory.
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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.
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Book reviews: ‘Charles Darwin: Voyaging’ • ‘Charles Darwin: The Power of Place’ by Janet Browne
A magnificent two-volume biography.
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Book review: ‘Charles Darwin: Vol.2: The Power of Place’ by Janet Browne
Part 2 of an entertaining two-part biography of Charles Darwin.
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Book review: ‘Charles Darwin: Vol.1: Voyaging’ by Janet Browne
Part 1 of an entertaining two-part biography of Charles Darwin.