Results tagged “darwin”

Playing in dinky studio 2 at Arcola, Origin of the Species tackles big issues as part of the mass of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Darwin's seminal book of the same name. more ›

Tickets are still available for the Wimbledon Book Fest, which returns this weekend with a raft of choice events, whatever your literary leanings. more ›

This coming weekend is a little crowded. The all-consuming monster of the Story of London rumbles on, but we also have to make time for the annual Open Garden Squares festival. While these heavyweights of the London event calendar fight it out, it's easy to miss the smaller, independent happenings. One such gem takes place at LaDanza studio on Holloway Road this Sunday. more ›

If Slow Exposure got you excited about photography and you're hungry for a new brief, how about being inspired by Charles Darwin. Continuing his 200th birthday celebrations, the Grant Museum of Zoology in association with the Horniman and the Institute of Biology are holding the Darwin 200 Photography Competition and want your pictures on the wonderfully broad themes of exploration and investigation of nature. Entries could be from far off lands but we would love to see London's wild side captured or, as they suggest, get down their respective museums and see what comes into your frame. The competition is open till October so you've got the whole summer to snap away. Enter here and don't forget to upload your London shots to our Flickrpool tagged Londonist so we can see them too. Inspiration for our Natureist series very welcome. more ›

London's a cultural mixed bed this week: Afghanistan, indie films, alternative fashion, and two Didos. Neither of which bare any resemblance to turn-of-the-century chart-botherer Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong. If you were wondering. more ›

From tomorrow, visitors to the Natural History Museum can inspect this stunning piece of permanent artwork by Tania Kovats. The arborous ceiling adorns a first-floor gallery, up above the main hall. Kovats won the recent Darwin's Canopy competition, beating off Turner Prize winners like Mark 'giant horse' Wallinger and Rachel 'Tate cubes' Whiteread. The commission, known as TREE, is a giant cross section through a 200-year-old oak tree, and is part of the museum's activities to celebrate 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin. more ›

A happy confluence of events this week - the launch of the London Word Festival and a bibliophile's international holiday - and the book grocer's finally risen from her seasonal slumber. Wintry weather or no, we think you'll want to nip out from your book-strewn dens to take advantage of this week's many lovely offerings as well. more ›

Bringing you the most Londony shows on TV over the coming week. more ›

Were he still alive, Charles Darwin would have been celebrating his 200th birthday today (imagine how long his beard would be). His simple yet potent idea, evolution by natural selection, remains a hot potato. If one poll is to be believed, a third of British people believe that a god created the Earth less than 10,000 years ago. The Darwin anniversaries (it's also 150 years since publication of On The Origin Of Species) are therefore a rallying point for rationality. Any number of new books, TV shows and events explain the basics and nuances of evolutionary theory, laying down the overwhelming evidence for natural selection and the ancient origin of life. Others focus on Darwin the man, and explore how he arrived at his conclusions. more ›

Darwin continues his cultural assault in the run-up to his 200th birthday (this Thursday). A couple of debates tonight should keep the momentum going. From 6pm, Imperial College host Darwin's Sacred Cause: race, emancipation and the quest for human origins. Authors Adrian Desmond and James Moore discuss their book of the same name, which reveals the historical influences that led Darwin to his great thesis. The event is free, but best secure tickets in advance. Meanwhile, over at Kings Place from 7pm, three evolutionary experts debate whether humans are still evolving. Entry costs about a tenner but, this side of necromancing the great Victorian naturalists back to life, a finer panel could scarcely be imagined. more ›

If you've survived the snow, why not celebrate with some of London's amazing culture this week? more ›

London's arts scene has a time-travelling theme this week. See the best of November's openings and closings, and you'll traverse time from the earliest myths to the most modern art, plus a final trip to Manchester's contemporary pop scene before it leaves London altogether. more ›

A "17 metre-long permanent installation" of a tree, "cut lengthways to include the roots, trunk and branches." more ›

To celebrate, Darwin currently has pride of place, seated on the main stairs at the Museum, ponderously gazing at the Brontosaurus in the entrance hall. Possibly wondering what on earth is going on. more ›