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Writing tagged: ‘Charles Darwin’

Laptop desk
My improvised laptop reading and note-making desk. (And, yes, I totally pulled in my stomach for this photo.)

My makeshift desks

In which I unwittingly mimic my hero with the aid of an old chopping board.

Published 21-May-2023
Filed under: #AmWriting, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, note-making, on writing
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 13 • 1865 (plus supplement)

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’.

Published 14-May-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 12 • 1864

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 12 • 1864’

More sickness, more botany.

Published 26-Apr-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 11 • 1863’

Six months of illness, and lots of botany.

Published 10-Apr-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 10 • 1862’

Darwin grows in confidence.

Published 06-Mar-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
Manuscript page of ‘On the Origin of Species’
Manuscript page from the first edition of On the Origin of Species.

Charles Darwin’s book-writing process

Charles Darwin’s approach to book-writing went through four key stages…

Published 12-Feb-2023
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, on writing
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861

Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 9 • 1861’

Poking around in flowers’ private parts.

Published 18-Jan-2023
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, People, Science Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, reviews
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin

Darwinian smut

On my new ‘Daily Darwin’ project.

Published 01-Jan-2023
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin correspondence, journal extracts
‘Darwin in Conversation’ exhibition, Cambridge University Library

Cambridge Darwin pilgrimage

A trip to see a treasure-trove of Darwinalia.

Published 02-Dec-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, correspondence, history of science, pilgrimages
Darwin’s study at Down House
Darwin’s study at Down House

Charles Darwin’s note-making system

An exploration of how Darwin kept track of his various notes, enabling him to produce a huge body of work.

Published 12-Oct-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin book, note-making
Trying to Explain Too Much graph

Converting my notes into a chapter

How I used my note-making system to research and write a chapter of my Darwin book.

Published 15-Jul-2022
Filed under: #AmWriting, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin book, note-making, Obsidian app, Zettelkasten
Timber hitch

Newsletter No. 27: ‘Getting hitched’

The Pros and Cons of tying the knot · prehistoric invention · Ernest Shackleton · W.G. Sebald · swallows · comma splices · Amy Liptrot · Kapka Kassabova

Published 21-Mar-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Amy Liptrot, Charles Darwin, Jen, Kapka Kassabova, prehistory, swallows, W.G. Sebald

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