Index of blog posts - Roger Wotton

Blog posts are rarely indexed, so someone reading an article may be unaware that there are other entries on similar topics. As a result, I thought it would be helpful to group the titles of posts from my “Natural History, Creation and Religious Conflicts” blog into categories. These are given below, with their URLs.

Food and Unusual Foodstuffs

Nutritious aquatic insects

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2016/02/nutritious-aquatic-insects.html

Eating slugs – and a fascinating defence mechanism

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/07/eating-slugs-and-fascinating-defence.html

Mackerel: easy to catch, good to eat – and beautifully designed

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/10/mackerel-easy-to-catch-good-to-eat-and.html

Why not eat sea anemones?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-not-eat-sea-anemones.html

Eating limpets

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/03/eating-limpets.html

Moules marinières

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/03/moules-marinieres.html

Mushrooms – tasty, hallucinogenic and deadly

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/02/mushrooms-tasty-hallucinogenic-and.html

The evolution of our diet

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-evolution-of-our-diet.html

Being inspired by Frank Buckland… …with ideas for controlling Grey Squirrels and Canada Geese

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/being-inspired-by-frank-buckland-with.html

Elders and brambles: foods and mythologies

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/07/elders-and-brambles-foods-and.html

Nature and Art

Seasilk the Natural History of an unusual textile

http://.www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/09/sea-silk-natural-history-of-unusual.html

Fungi and Art

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/10/fungi-and-art.html

Brilliant illustrations of organisms

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/01/brilliant-illustrations-of-organisms.html

Where science meets art – the usefulness and beauty of nature printing

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/01/where-science-meets-art-usefulness-and.html

Nature Printing

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/08/nature-printing.html

Blaschka Glass models – the art of Natural History

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/02/blaschka-glass-models-art-of-natural.html

Life and Death

Capital Punishment and the tragedy of Edith Thompson

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/capital-punishment-and-tragedy-of-edith.html

Taking life

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/08/taking-life.html

Fear of death

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/07/fear-of-death.html

What is life (are we alone)?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/11/what-is-life.html

Witnessing a killing

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/02/witnessing-killing.html

Extraterrestrial Life

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/02/extraterrestrial-life.html

The Origin of Life

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-origin-of-life.html

“……life is moving peacefully towards its close”

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/07/life-is-moving-peacefully-towards-its.html

Art History

Two paintings – two aspects of Nature

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2016/01/two-paintings-two-aspects-of-nature.html

Do souls have wings?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-souls-have-wings.html

Giotto, Angels, and Heaven

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/02/giotto-angels-and-heaven.html

Crows and impending doom

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/02/crows-and-impending-doom.html

Sargent’s portrait of Edmund Gosse

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/01/sargents-portrait-of-edmund-gosse.html

Edmund Gosse on an “accidental portrait” of his father

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/07/edmund-gosse-on-accidental-portrait-of.html

Nature and identity: the links between a painting and a symphony

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/05/nature-and-identity-links-between.html

Hockney, Elgar and dead trees

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/08/hockney-elgar-and-dead-trees.html

Angels

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2012/11/angels.html

Nature and Music

Elgar, soul and neuroscience

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/12/elgar-soul-and-neuroscience.html

The Banks of Green Willow

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-banks-of-green-willow.html

Edward Elgar, Ken Russell, and me

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/04/edward-elgar-ken-russell-nature-and-me.html

Awe

Nature and awe

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/03/nature-and-awe.html

Solitary walks in Nature

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/10/solitary-walks-in-nature.html

Durham Cathedral is awesome…

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/03/durham-cathedral-is-awesome.html

The Natural History of the Unusual

The amazing three-toed sloth

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-amazing-three-toed-sloth_14.html

Barnacles from space?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/12/barnacles-from-space.html

We can’t exist without slime

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/08/we-cant-exist-without-slime.html

Earthworms play “a more important part in the history of the world than most persons would at first suppose” (Charles Darwin)

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/04/earthworms-play-more-important-part-in.html

Darwin’s dust

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/11/darwins-dust.html

Cat fleas and chegoes: amazing examples of evolution

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/08/cat-fleas-and-chegoes-amazing-examples.html

The Natural History of the Unmentionable

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-natural-history-of-unmentionable.html

More on the Natural History of the Unmentionable

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/10/more-on-natural-history-of-unmentionable.html

Impressive sea foams

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/02/impressive-sea-foams.html

Sea anemones in ice?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/02/sea-anemones-in-ice.html

Slugs that glide, use “smoke screens” – and can swim

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/05/slugs-that-glide-use-smoke-screens-and.html

Walking on water

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/09/walking-on-water.html

Plagues of flies

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/09/plagues-of-flies.html

Shells, floats and an interesting association

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/09/shells-floats-and-interesting.html

Underwater flowers

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/09/underwater-flowers.html

Parachutes and wingsuits

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/09/parachutes-and-wingsuits.html

Mermen and mermaids

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/06/mermen-and-mermaids.html

Drinking water and the “miraculous” power of sand

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/10/drinking-water-and-miraculous-power-of.html

An extraordinary alga

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/08/an-extraordinary-alga.html

Bible Stories

Doubting Thomas

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2016/02/doubting-thomas.html

Strange Winged Creatures

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2016/02/strange-winged-creatures.html

Noah’s Ark – a likely story?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/10/noahs-ark-likely-story.html

Biblical birds, reptiles and …. dragons

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/01/biblical-birds-reptiles-and-dragons.html

Medical Matters

Natural History – as valuable as Biomedicine

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/05/natural-history-as-valuable-as.html

“Natural History is the handmaid to the study of medicine and surgery”

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/07/natural-history-is-handmaid-to-study-of.html

Charles Waterton and Medicine

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/12/charles-waterton-and-medicine.html

The Dark Ages and Islamic Medicine

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-dark-ages-and-islamic-medicine.html

Wart cures and our powers of imagination

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/05/wart-cures-and-our-powers-of-imagination.html

Creation and Evolution

Torquay, Philip Henry Gosse, and Creation

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/torquay-philip-henry-gosse-and-creation.html

Rock pools, restoration and Creationists

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/10/rock-pools-restoration-and-creationists.html

Trying to understand Creationism

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/09/trying-to-understand-creationism.html

Creation or evolution (again)? – the strange life of hydrothermal vents

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/03/creation-or-evolution-again-strange.html

Looking at gulls – evidence of a God, or not?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2012/11/looking-at-gulls-evidence-of-god-or-not.html

Creation or evolution?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2012/11/creation-or-evolution.html

The blindness of a Creationist

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-blindness-of-creationist.html

The evolution of a fascinating mutualism

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/the-evolution-of-fascinating-mutualism.html

How did humans become such unique animals?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-did-humans-become-such-unique.html

“When believing in Creation seems like an easy option”

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/12/when-believing-in-creation-can-seem.html

Changing one’s mind about Creation – or not

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/08/changing-ones-mind-about-creation-or-not.html

Two bugs, predation and evolution

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/07/two-bugs-predation-and-evolution.html

Aristotle, Natural History and Evolution

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/01/aristotle-natural-history-and-evolution_7.html

Caddis flies, earrings and evolution

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/11/caddis-flies-earrings-and-evolution.html

Famous Natural Historians

Charles Waterton’s encounter with an orangutan

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/02/charles-watertons-encounter-with.html

What to wear on the shore

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/01/what-to-wear-on-shore.html

Women on the shore

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/12/women-on-shore.html

Charles Waterton, taxidermy and the “Nondescript”

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/12/charles-waterton-taxidermy-and.html

A famous “ride” – Charles Waterton and the Cayman

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-famous-ride-charles-waterton-and.html

Gosse, Elgar and the wonders of microscopy

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/06/gosse-elgar-and-wonders-of-microscopy.html

Philip Henry Gosse and Nature

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/02/philip-henry-gosse-and-nature.html

In praise of Leslie Jackman

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/in-praise-of-leslie-jackman.html

E Ray Lankester and Henry Gosse

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2012/11/creation-or-evolution.html

Connections: Henry Gosse, Charles Waterton and the Peales of Philadelphia

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/11/connections-henry-gosse-charles.html

A moving discovery in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-moving-discovery-in-royal-albert.html

Rotifers, Henry Gosse, and me

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2012/12/rotifers-henry-gosse-and-me.html

Religion and Religious Beliefs

Cosmology, theistic force and human imagination

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/04/cosmology-theistic-force-and-human.html

The pain of uncompromising religious beliefs

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-pain-of-uncompromising-religious.html

Emily Gosse – a notable evangelical Christian and writer of tracts

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/10/emily-gosse-notable-evangelical.html

Why proselytise?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-proselytise.html

David Attenborough and the John Frum cult

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/01/david-attenborough-and-john-frum-cult.html

Celebrating Christmas

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/12/celebrating-christmas.html

Families and religious differences

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/03/families-and-religious-differences.html

Ecclesiastical fashion

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/08/ecclesiastical-fashion.html

Two wives in Heaven

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/08/two-wives-in-heaven.html

“Mainstream” Natural History

Monarchs and milkweeds – wonders of Nature

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/monarchs-and-milkweeds-wonders-of-nature.html

Stories of kingfishers

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/11/stories-of-kingfishers.html

Being fooled by bee flies

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/05/being-fooled-by-bee-flies_7.html

Garden plants, seeds and being unnatural

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/08/garden-plants-seeds-and-being-unnatural.html

Why Drosophila is so interesting

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/06/why-drosophila-is-so-interesting.html

Giant albatrosses: mythology and mastery of flight

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/05/giant-albatrosses-mythology-and-mastery.html

What’s not to like about bats?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/04/whats-not-to-like-about-bats.html

Putti and bumblebees

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/04/putti-and-bumblebees.html

Why does the Comma have a comma?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/07/why-does-comma-have-comma.html

Watching azure damsels

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/06/watching-azure-damsels.html

The Future of Natural History

Where is Biology heading?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/12/where-is-biology-heading.html

The decline of Natural History

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-decline-of-natural-history.html

Eccentricity

Eccentricity and Natural History

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2016/01/eccentricity-and-natural-history.html

Sherlock Holmes, fairies and our imagination

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/06/sherlock-holmes-fairies-and-our.html

Meadows, lawns and human eccentricity

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/07/meadows-lawns-and-human-eccentricity.html

Miscellanea

Two wonderful Museums – and mention of another

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/07/two-wonderful-museums-and-mention-of.html

Decoration in humans and other animals

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/06/decoration-in-humans-and-other-animals.html

The beginning and the end of the Anthropocene

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/the-beginning-and-end-of-anthropocene.html

Limpets and F1 cars

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2015/02/limpets-and-f1-cars.html

Beautiful streams and rivers – good places to discharge sewage?

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/12/beautiful-streams-and-rivers-good.html

“All Nature is marvellous” – Aristotle, Pliny the Elder, and credulity

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/11/all-nature-is-marvellous-aristotle.html

Our fascination with dinosaurs

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/10/our-fascination-with-dinosaurs.html

Looking at the countryside from railway carriages

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2014/04/looking-at-countryside-from-railway.html

Discovering John Betjeman

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/07/discovering-john-betjeman.html

Burns and basilisks

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/06/burns-and-basilisks.html

Aunts and time

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/06/aunts-and-time.html

Coming up for air

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/05/coming-up-for-air.html

In praise of scholarship

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2013/04/in-praise-of-scholarship.html

Ammarnäs and Renforsen

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2012/12/ammarnas-and-renforsen.html

Looking back on Academic Life

http://www.rwotton.blogspot.com/2012/11/looking-back-on-academic-life_29.html