Writing tagged: ‘reviews’
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Book review: ‘The Accidental Garden’ by Richard Mabey
Gardens, wilderness and the space in between.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 24 • 1876 plus supplement (1838–1875)’
The final edition of ‘Origin’ • ‘The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom’ • backgammon victories • the death of a daughter-in-law • experiments with typewriters • and a whole lot more.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 23 • 1875’
Revising ‘The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants’ • Writing ‘Insectivorous Plants’ • Beginning research on ‘The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom’ • Getting involved in the vivisection debate • The death of Charles Lyell
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 22 • 1874’
Revising ‘Coral Reefs’ and ‘The Descent of Man’, continuing work on insectivorous plants, and a second dispute with St George Jackson Mivart.
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Book review: ‘Buried’ by Prof. Alice Roberts
An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain.
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Book review: ‘The Golden Mole’ by Katherine Rundell
Interesting facts about remarkable species.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 20 • 1872’
Publication of the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’, and of ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’.
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Book review: ‘The Notebook’ by Roland Allen
A history of thinking on paper.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 19 • 1871’
A busy year for Darwin: ‘The Descent of Man’ published, with another book on the way, and the final edition of ‘The Origin of Species’.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 18 • 1870’
Putting the finishing touches to ‘The Descent of Man’.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 17 • 1869’
Researching human evolution, human and animal emotions, and sexual selection.