A considered and needed response Warren Nunn Charles Darwin first learnt about geology from Adam Sedgwick, professor of geology at the University of Cambridge. But it was Sedgwick who first expressed grave misgivings about Darwin’s Origin of Species saying he read it...
At the winning post ©Warren Nunn For several years from the early 1980s, I worked on a casual basis as a photo-finish operator on various racecourses in Central Queensland and South-East Queensland. Nowadays digital technology means there is a quick and efficient...
Not rushing into things – Derby Mercury 12 March 1795: At Chesterfield, on Monday last, Mr. John Bulman, a lusty, hale, and vigorous Bridegroom, aged only 86, to the lovely, blooming, and adorable Widow of the late Mr. Morris Nadin, now in her 79th year; both...
The ceremony took ages – Derby Mercury 26 October 1786: Bristol, October 21. Tuesday was married at Stapleton Church in the County of Gloucester, Mr. John Harford, aged 79, to Mrs Elizabeth Neal, aged 98, both of the same Parish. There was a vast Concourse of...
Astute observation – Derby Mercury 26 June 1794: ANECDOTE. Mr. NEWTON, when formerly captain of a Guinea trader, charging one of his negroes with a theft, the latter denied it. The master doubting the veracity of his slave; this poor, dark, untutored,...
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