Correcting proofs and researching human evolution, sexual selection, and expressions.
Reviews: People
Reviews of biographies, autobiographies, correspondence, memoirs, and other ‘life writing’.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 14 • 1866’
Getting back to work after prolonged illness.
Book review: ‘A Book Of Days’ by Patti Smith
Words and images from an inspirational artist.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 plus supplement (1822–1864)’
Yet more ill-heath, with slow progress on Darwin’s ‘big book’.
Book Review: ‘Radical By Nature’ by James T. Costa
The revolutionary life of Alfred Russel Wallace.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 12 • 1864’
More sickness, more botany.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’
Six months of illness, and lots of botany.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’
Darwin grows in confidence.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’
Poking around in flowers’ private parts.
Book review: ‘A Private Spy: the letters of John le Carré, 1945-2020’
Fascinating insights into the mind of a great novelist.
Book review: ‘Allegorizings‘ by Jan Morris
Eclectic crepuscular essays.
Book review: ‘Orwell’s Roses‘ by Rebecca Solnit
Pleasure, truth, and roses.