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Alistair is my Darling!

WOOT!

Guardian: Yesterday in parliament

… Coins celebrating Henry VIII, Charles Darwin and Robert Burns will be issued in 2009, [UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair] Darling announced… A £2 coin will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of his work The Origin of Species.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

In fact, it's a double celebration: not only is our Charlie to appear on a coin, but so is Robert Burns, the bard who wrote Charlie He's My Darling, upon which our theme tune is based.

A £2 coin, eh? That means there'll be five Darwins to a, erm, Darwin.

Richard Carter, FCD | 13-Jul-2007 |
Comments:
Karen James

The lyrics are great, but where can I hear it?   Also, have  you seen the DNA £2 coin? If not, click here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Uk2pnd2003-DNA.jpg 

13-Jul-2007 18:13
Richard Carter, FCD
I have one of the DNA coins filed away safely somewhere or other. I also have (or, rather, my mum does) the musical score to 'Charlie He's My Darwin'. Must get Fitz (a talented musician, and the person who really wrote our theme song) to record it some time. I have already commissioned him to write a Beagle shanty.
13-Jul-2007 19:58
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