http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions/theevolutionist/
Our new temporary exhibtion ‘Charles Darwin: evolution of a scientist’ opened a week ago (see the above link). This is one of three exhibitions forming part of our year long Darwin Festival; the other exhibitions are Nature Discovery (for children) and In Darwin’s Footsteps (photographs by Ben Hall following the route of the Beagle).
The exhibition [...]
Archive for October 8th, 2009
All things great and small – Darwin knew them all!
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Tory joys
Posted in News on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Manchester is enjoying hosting the Conservative Party Conference at the moment….. a dubious honour…. Manchester made more sense as a location for the Labour Party (not that I’m a Labour supporter either) but then these days both parties do seem very similar, so it wouldn’t matter which one decamped here I suppose.
The streets around the main [...]
Desperate to be Doris
Posted in Theatre/Dance/Opera etc. on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went to see the latest LipService theatre production ‘Desperate to be Doris’ at the Library Theatre last week. This is a lovely, lively and very funny show. A deliberate feeling of improvised ‘am-dram’ about it. A local community choir was especially assembled for this performance, which worked really well, belting out great Doris Day tunes.
LipService [...]
Change…
Posted in Quotes on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love change and challenges – anything to stretch my mind, hence learning how to create a blog (and then change it into a proper website). What better way to start this new learning curve than with a wonderful quote from Virgina Wolf.
“What the future might bring, heaven only knew. Change was incessant, and change perhaps would never cease. [...]
