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Wider community events, and significant anniversaries of historical interest.
- What creepy crawlies are lurking in your allotment? This year, National Allotment Week has teamed up with the Big Bug Survey to try and find out. The theme of the week is Bugs, Bees and Broccoli, and the aim is to acknowledge the importance of gardening with nature in mind. As the National Allotment Society...National Allotment Week – 9th to 15th August
- All in the month of JULY Sea Sunday – 10th July The beginning of Islam The beginning of genetics Reaching the deepest place on earth Royal International Air Tattoo – 15th to 17th July National ‘Don’t Step on a Bee’ Day – 10th July ** Editor: We continue our column that looks at memorable dates...Looking at your Community (all articles) for July 2022
- It was: 1400 years ago, on 16th July 622 that the Islamic calendar began. Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina to escape religious persecution (an event known as the Hegira) and established the first Muslim community. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar Hijri...All in the month of JULY
- Look around your home. How much of the contents in your cupboards, wardrobe, rooms, and even garage came to you over the seas, via the great merchant ships? What would your home be like without them? Yet when did you last give a thought to the people who bring them to you? It is a...Sea Sunday – 10th July
- Some 1400 years ago, on 16th July 622, the Islamic calendar began, when Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina to escape religious persecution (an event known as the Hejira) and established the first Muslim community. The new religion spread quickly: Mohammad’s men attacked trading caravans and in 630 an army of 10,000...The beginning of Islam
- Two hundred years ago, on 20th July 1822, Gregor Mendel was born. The Austrian/Czech friar and botanist discovered the laws of heredity and created what eventually became the science of genetics. Born to a relatively poor but devoutly Roman Catholic farming family in what was then Moravia, in the Austrian empire, Johann Mendel (he became...Mendel, the peas, and the beginning of genetics
- One hundred years ago, on 28th July 1922, Jacques Piccard, the Swiss oceanographer and engineer, was born in Belgium. He is best known for developing deep-sea submarines, and for becoming one of the first two people to reach the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on earth. He came from a family known for daring achievements....Reaching the deepest place on earth
- If you enjoy airplanes, why not consider attending The Royal International Air Tattoo this month? It is the world’s largest military air show, held each year over the third weekend in July, usually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The show usually attracts between 150,000 to 160,000 spectators over the weekend, and it is run in...Royal International Air Tattoo – 15th to 17th July
- Bees need your help. And we need their help. Not only do bees help provide the honey, propolis and beeswax, but they also help to keep us all fed and watered. Without bees, more than a third of everything we eat would disappear from our tables. The majority of our honey here in the UK...National ‘Don’t Step on a Bee Day’ – 10th July
- How you can make the most of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee All in the month of JUNE A time to stand up for truth? When slavery became illegal Harry Potter Apple’s first iPhone The new marriage laws ** How you can make the most of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee From street parties to jubilee lunches...Looking at Community (all articles) for June 2022
- It was: 250 years ago, on 22nd June 1772 that the Court of King’s Bench ruled that slavery was illegal in England and Wales. But it remained legal in British Overseas Territories and colonies until 1833. 100 years ago, on 10th June 1922 that Judy Garland, American actress and singer, was born. Best known for...All in the month of JUNE
- An important exhibition is running at the British Library in London until August 21st. It’s an exhibition taking a timely look at the news and the role it plays in our society. I’d love many Christians to visit it, writes the Revd Peter Crumpler, a Church of England priest and a former communications director for...A time to stand up for truth?