To mark its recent publication online Charles Darwin's 'Beagle Diary' is Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 from 11-15 December, 9.45 - 10.00am, repeated 12.30 - 12.45am. Each recording will be available on the internet for one week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/book_of_the_week.shtml Each of the five excerpts is introduced by John van Wyhe, Darwin historian and Director of Darwin Online (http://darwin-online.org.uk/) at the University of Cambridge, who provided the text and assisted with the abridgement. The original Diary is owned by English Heritage and kept at Down House, Kent, now a wonderful Darwin museum. -- Dr John van Wyhe Director The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online University of Cambridge CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX http://darwin-online.org.uk/ Fax: 01223 (7)65276 Bye-Fellow Christ's College, Cambridge