We want to bring Darwin’s legacy alive through online media. Here you can watch and listen to a variety of different pieces, including short videos exploring different aspects of evolution and interviews with some of the most distinguished academics in this field.
Wonder and loss - a childhood remembered
Dr Ruth Padel portrays Darwin's childhood through memories of his first school and speaks of how the death of his mother links with his passion for collecting. Sheila Ochugboju also gives insight.
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A humane naturalist
Dr Ruth Padel gives an account of Darwin's first steps into the natural world through the disturbing memories of observing operations and the impact of his first taxidermy teacher.
Faith and reason - a portrait of Charles and Emma
Dr Ruth Padel describes the blossoming relationship between Charles and Emma, the fragile journey they later went through together and the challenges they came across along the way.
Bound by blood - family ties and creative bonds with Charles Darwin, including a reading
Dr Ruth Padel explains the connection she made to Darwin when writing her biography of poems, from which she reads an extract, and gives a personal account of the memories of her grandmother, Nora Barlow - Darwin's granddaughter.
Bound by blood - family ties and creative bonds with Charles Darwin
Dr Ruth Padel explains the connection she made to Darwin when writing her biography of poems and gives a personal account of the memories of her grandmother, Nora Barlow - Darwin's granddaughter.
Genetic revolutions
When he published ‘On the Origin of Species,’ Darwin triggered a shake-up in our understanding of how living things are related and come to change over time. Little did he realise that 150 years later we’d be poring over a quite different type of document that has more than vindicated his theory
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Evolution and the family
Evolution and the human family examined. Ruth Mace explains how evolution has shaped human behaviour to respond to different environments and cultures.
Language diversity
An investigation into the evolution of language. Quentin Atkinson and Mark Pagel describe how words have adapted at different rates, and which factors contribute to their survival.
Darwinian demons
A detailed explanation of the close relationship between ecology and evolution, with Professor Jonathan Silvertown using various examples - including a plant that can demolish a building.
Global responses
Thomas Glick and Peter Kjaergaard describe the contrasting responses to Darwin worldwide. John van Whye also explains the effect that Darwin Online is having on the public today.
