News, Blogs and Essays

The Linnean Society welcomes its very first CEO

An internationally recognised expert in the public engagement of science, Gail Cardew has spent the majority of her career supporting scientists to engage actively with society

Correspondence of Nathaniel John Winch: Botany, Bankruptcy and Coal Mines

Assistant Archivist Luke Thorne delves into the recently catalogued correspondence of Nathaniel John Winch, an 18th century botanist, geologist, and merchant

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin's letters to Linnaeus

Nikolaus Joseph Baron von Jacquin: A botanist, an 18th century collector and a pen pal to Linnaeus

Scientist, activist or advocate?

Ahead of the launch of our Planetary Emergency Committee, Linnean Future, Professor Andy Purvis FLS writes about how he recalibrated the idea of his role as a natural scientist, about the importance of taking on 'deniers' and starting conversations

Cereus: A Blooming Obsession

Daryl Stenvoll-Wells, Biomedia Project Manager, reflects on an extraordinary plant through the lens of migration, ritual and memory

Professor Brian G. Gardiner PPLS (1932-2021)