Ideal Darwin groupie Christmas present
My partner Jen found this on her desk at work this morning: In my dreams, maybe. Full story here.

What do you mean, you’ve never read ‘On the Origin of Species’?
Take a short trip as the lapwing flies 14 miles north-east of where I am writing these words, crossing Brontë Country, past Keighley, and over the legendary Ilkley Moor, then head back in time exactly 150 years to the day, and you might well chance upon Charles Darwin taking the waters at White Wells Bath House. But, as we all know, 24th November, 1859 was no typical day in Darwin’s quack water treatment. It was the day on which his most famous

Hello, Honduras!
I am delighted to announce that the Friends of Charles Darwin have their first member from Honduras: Fernando Sotelo of Tegucigalpa. A very warm welcome!

Sagan’s 75th
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) Had he not died so tragically young, Carl Sagan would have been 75 today. In recent weeks, I have been working my way slowly through the newly remastered DVD boxed-set of Sagan’s landmark television series, Cosmos. It’s every bit as inspirational as it was when I first (and last) watched it as a schoolboy back in 1980. My late mother would no doubt agree—although she would not mean it as a compliment. Every week, as I sat in front of our telly, transfixed by Sagan’s ongoin

Swanzilla
I’ve produced another of my hilarious Beagle Project promo videos. Careful you don’t split your sides:   Feel free to embed it in your own blog posts.