On Monday, when news of Lonesome George’s death began to reach editors around the world, I was asked to write his obituary for the Guardian. As I had already sent in one to Nature, they sensibly got the very excellent
Post-publication depression
I have post-publication depression. I put so much effort into growing my book The Way of the Panda, nurturing it into existence and now it’s out, I feel a little lost. I want to write another book because it is
It’s printed
I returned from a two-week break in time to receive delivery of The Way of the Panda. It looks great. It even comes with a very generous quotation from zoologist and author Desmond Morris, who describes it as “A fascinating