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Writing tagged: ‘Charles Darwin’

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
Painting the Forth Railway Bridge

Newsletter No. 25: ‘Painting the Forth Bridge’

On the undefinitiveness (I made that word up) of factual writing. Plus some cool links and book recommendations.

Published 28-Jan-2022
Filed under: Writing Tags: Alan Bennett, Charles Darwin, Granta, Jeremy Dagley, Kathleen Jamie, on writing, Robin McKie

HebWeb interview

I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.

Published 22-Jul-2021
Filed under: News, Writing Tags: Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, Darwin book, Hebden Bridge, HebWeb, On the Moor (book), science
#AmWriting

New facts emerge

On the unavoidably provisional nature of essay collections.

Published 16-Jul-2021
Filed under: #AmWriting, Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Darwin book, on writing
Commemorative stone

28 June 2021

A walk around Ogden Water, and an encounter with a locally rare bird.

Published 28-Jun-2021
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, ducks, flowers, gesses, great crested grebes, grey herons, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, John Frederick Bateman, Ogden Water, On the Moor (book), siskins, videos, yellow flag irises
Autumn in the upper Calder Valley

Late autumn

Under self-imposed semi-house-arrest. Phase two of the Squirrel Wars. Binge reading. A brace of anniversaries.

Published 24-Nov-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: autumn, Calder Valley, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, Darwin book, grey squirrels, Hebden Bridge, mammals, reading
‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin, 1st edition, title page

Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)

…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

Published 23-Nov-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: Science Tags: Charles Darwin, reviews

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