How I used my note-making system to research and write a chapter of my Darwin book.
Writing tagged: ‘Charles Darwin’
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
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.
HebWeb interview
I have been interviewed for the local HebWeb site.
New facts emerge
On the unavoidably provisional nature of essay collections.
28 June 2021
A walk around Ogden Water, and an encounter with a locally rare bird.
Late autumn
Under self-imposed semi-house-arrest. Phase two of the Squirrel Wars. Binge reading. A brace of anniversaries.
Book review: ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin (1st ed., 1859)
…or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Book review: ‘Mountains of the Mind’ by Robert Macfarlane
A history of a fascination.
Book review: ‘Bully for Brontosaurus’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Reflections in natural history.
Book review: ‘The Natural History of Selborne’ by Gilbert White
A nature writing classic.
Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.