Category: Miscellany
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New edition of “Invention of Nature” as part of John Murray’s Classic Series
Today is publication day of a new edition of “Invention of Nature” as part of John Murray’s Classic Series with a brilliant foreword by the even more brilliant Merlin Sheldrake. Quite humbling to be in the same series as Jane Austen and David Attenborough.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Audio Guide Caspar David Friedrich
Delighted to have played a tiny part at the new Caspar David Friedrich exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (the audio guide) … https://www.metmuseum.org/press-releases/caspar-david-friedrich-2025-exhibitions
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Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023: Judges announced
I’m greatly honoured to be a judge of the wonderful Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2023. click here
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Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World
Kathryn Aalto included me in her book Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World (2020) which celebrates 25 women whose work deepened our connection and understanding of the natural work. click here
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New York Times: Brother Gardeners & Julie Andrews
Apparently Julie Andrews (of Hollywood fame) likes to read about 18th century plant hunters & has my book "Brother Gardeners" on her nightstand … as told in the New York Times click here
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Postal stamp: “The Invention of Nature”
This is sooo exciting … the German cover of “The Invention of Nature” is a German postal stamp to celebrate Humboldt’s birthday. 80 cents. From 5 Sept. Go and write some letters. click here for info
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Insta-Novel based on “Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt” in Germany
From 14 August (for 30 days) you can see and read a serialised animation of “Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt” on Instagram. It’s called “Hier kommt Alex!” – it’s a project by @radioeins @chapter_one_media in cooperation with @republikmagazin, @dw_deutschewelle, @spiegelonline and @c.bertelsmann. Humboldt is played by well-known German actor Frederick Lau. Click here for the…
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President Steinmeier, Humboldt and the German equivalent of Air Force 1
I’ve just returned from the most insane trip of my life. I was part of the delegation that accompanied Germany’s president Frank–Walter Steinmeier to Colombia and Ecuador last week. The purpose of the trip was to follow Humboldt’s footsteps. We raced, almost as restless as Humboldt, in 6 days from Berlin to Cartagena, Bogotá, Quito,…
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BBC Radio 4: Museum of Curiosity
I had such fun being part of BBC Radio 4’s comedy show “Museum of Curiosity”. To listen click here
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Women and Science Prizes
John Dugdale’s Guardian piece ‘Why have Women Finally Started Winning Science Prizes?’ caused quite a stir on twitter (and with the judges of the Royal Society Science Book Prize).click here for article First Adam Rutherford (who was a judge last year when Gaia Vince’s Anthropocene won) wrote a riposte in the Guardian.click here for article Then Grrl Scientist (who…