Monthly Archives: June 2011

Christina and The Storm Leopard book video

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Christina came over to North Berwick a couple of months ago and worked with me to  produce a book video for The Storm Leopard which is now posted on YouTube. Chistina is an artist  with a uniquely expressive style that … Continue reading →

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Serengeti shall not die—but how?

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

A BBC documentary on the Serengeti National Park (available here until midnight 30 June 2011) pitches a now familiar story. National Parks were created by Western minded naturalists without regard for the traditional rights of local people. In the case … Continue reading →

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My favourite quotations from The Origin of Species

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

I’ve been reading Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1st ed., 1859) whilst making a 30 page summary for publication in a forthcoming series on English literature called ‘Shots’. Along the way, I came across several passages which seemed especially … Continue reading →

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On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition (Sterling, 2008)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

This book has been produced on the premise that two beautiful things, when put together, make something even more beautiful, just like wine and cheese, a sail on the sea, the singer and a song, a dove on its leafy … Continue reading →

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Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1st ed., 1859)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Almost uniquely in the written annals of science, Darwin’s Origin remains as modern, fresh and accessible to the non-specialist reader today as when first published more than 150 years ago. He thought of it as an abstract of a much … Continue reading →

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