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The Unanticipated Pleasures of the Writing Life

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Darwin College Lecture Series 2008 "The Unanticipated Pleasures of the Writing Life" by Simon Winchester Simon Winchester will be talking about the serendipitous events that led him from his early career in geology to his more conspicuous and successful life in writing. This change of path came about through what he says were entirely propitious happenings, which along with the unexpected – which he promises too – constitute the core of serendipity.

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