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Writing tagged: ‘charles darwin’

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Video: Horrible Histories - Charles Darwin

Published 27-Apr-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: charles darwin, david bowie, music, phil collins, videos
‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin

Darwin's first masterpiece.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Nature Writing, Science Tags: charles darwin, hms beagle, reviews

Grut, F.

Alfred Russel Wallace knew an F. Grut.

Published 11-Dec-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: alfred russel wallace, charles darwin, gruts, moleskines, notebooks

Outraged of Hebden Bridge

Last night, I dreamt that I caught the end of a piece on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, in which some feminist was spouting bollocks about Charles Darwin.

Published 05-Dec-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: bbc, charles darwin, correspondence, dreams, feminism

Out of print

The Little Book of Stense.

Published 09-Sep-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: books, charles darwin, photography, stense

How to spot a fault

...if you are hoping to find one in your garden, say.

Published 19-Mar-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, charles darwin, faults, sedgwick

Darwinius

Shamesless cross-linking.

Published 20-May-2009
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: charles darwin

God endorses Darwin!

Statue of Charles Darwin bathed in heavenly light.

Published 22-Feb-2009
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: charles darwin, natural history museum, religion

Doing a spot of research

Reading up on Darwin in my study this morning.

Published 12-Feb-2009
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: charles darwin, videos

When heroes align

Sir David Attenborough on Charles Darwin.

Published 30-Jan-2009
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: attenborough, charles darwin, videos

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