The prime minister has joined survivors from Darwin and around the country to mark five decades since Cyclone Tracy, one of ...

The village of Down lies roughly two hours from London by carriage. For Darwin, it provides a welcome refuge. Darwin installs a mirror outside his study window so he can watch visitors approach.

It was in this pivotal year that Darwin, back from his voyage on the Beagle and trying to understand the forces that drove the origin of new species, read the works of Thomas Malthus, a parson and ...