Awesome Animal Art for World Animal Month
Each year October is observed as World Animal Month. The holiday originated in Italy in 1931 and was started by a group of ecologists at a congress of the world’s animal protection organisations who wanted to raise awareness of animals, their importance, and their needs.
Meet the Artist – Jenna Gearing
When creating a sculpture, talented young artist Jenna Gearing describes the three most important processes to be “capturing, interpreting, and representing”.Born in 1994, she is one of a new generation of gifted contemporary sculptors and has a proven track record of portraiture, animal sculpture and attention to detail.
A Brief History of Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday
In modern Britain the more often, and more commercially, referred to 'Mother's Day', is the fourth Sunday of lent and was traditionally known as Mothering Sunday. It has been observed by both Christian and Roman Catholic Churches since the Middle Ages and the UK is even believed to be the first country in the world to have dedicated a day for mothers.
Events in Britain in 2022
There are some big things happening in the UK in 2022...
The events calendars in Britain are starting to look a little more 'full' after a couple of years of non-events and cancellations.
Not least is the “blockbuster” four day Bank Holiday weekend from 2nd - 5th June, in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. After, on 4th February this year she became the first British Monarch to celebrate 70 years of service.
