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