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Taking a World View at Lancaster Priory
Above: The Vicar of Lancaster, the Rev Leah Vasey-Saunders welcomes Gaia to the Priory
Life on earth was celebrated at Lancaster Priory this summer with the arrival of a spectacular global artwork.
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Gaia, which was displayed at COP26 in Glasgow last year, revolved from the Priory rafters for three weeks, attracting thousands of visitors.
Measuring seven metres in diameter, Gaia – the personification of the earth, according to Greek mythology - features the detailed NASA imagery of the earth’s surface.
The artwork, created by Luke Jerram, is 1.8 million times smaller than the real earth with each centimetre of the internally lit sculpture describing 18km of the earth’s surface. By standing 211m away from Gaia, visitors could see the earth as it appears from the moon.
The Vicar of Lancaster, the Rev Leah Vasey-Saunders said: “Gaia gives us a fresh perspective on our planet and on its people. I hope that every visit to Lancaster Priory during the festival month inspired a sense of awe.”
It took three days to prepare the Priory for Gaia. As in 2019, a historic 18th Century candelabra was removed and this year, for the first time since they were installed around 1860, ten pews were also moved to allow a temporary floor to be installed.
To celebrate Gaia’s time in Lancaster, an extensive events programme reflected on the weekly themes of community, nature, sustainability and home.
Musical performances, lectures, yoga, tai chi and Qigong sessions were just some of the other events which took place under the Earth sculpture during its stay and among the highlights were the Blue Moon Band, a Night at the Opera and the King’s Men choral scholars from King’s College, Cambridge.
These events were supported by Lancaster BID, Oglethorpe, Sturton and Gillibrand, Mazuma, ICT Reverse and the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund.
To complement Gaia, in St Nicholas Chapel, there was the premiere of Four Rivers, an audio and film experience, reflecting the sounds of Morecambe Bay produced by Syrian artist and Lancaster University student, Aous Hamoud.
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Colour and Style www.sarahharrisstyle.co.uk OUR SECTION ON COLOUR AND STYLE WITH SARAH HARRIS FROM ‘COLOUR ME BEAUTIFUL’
I’m Sarah Harris and I’m a Colour and Style Consultant who trained with Colour Me Beautiful the world’s leading Image consultants. My background is in fashion and after leaving school at 16, I travelled to London to work as a Fashion/Photographic Model, I enjoyed the life and it allowed me to travel the world, during my career I also worked in wholesale/retail within the fashion industry.
I learnt all about fabrics, business, international companies and trying all those clothes on – the quality, cut and fabric. I took a break from the business when I married and had our two children. I retrained as an Image Consultant with Colour Me Beautiful who have been changing the lives of women and men for over 35 years.
I’d like to inspire you with Colour, Style and Skincare tips every month, I’m hoping to give you an interesting read. If there is something that you would like to know about please email me and I will do my best to help.
E sarah@sarahharrisstyle.co.uk D www.sarahharrisstyle.co.uk HELLO SEPTEMBER
September is one of my favourite months as there’s the hope of an Indian Summer when we can enjoy a little more sunshine!
The season’s new colours are enticing us into the shops and although we are still in our summer wardrobe there’s a buzz of excitement as to what the new season will bring!! Our skin has had the chance to breathe, and our bodies have recuperated ready for the colourful and changeable months ahead! There are Greens like lush landscapes and tropical rainforests alongside fiery Reds, Tangerines and Light Golds, and Vibrant Fuchsia alongside a contrasting Light Pink, Cool Aqua and Sky Blue paired with neutrals Medium Grey and Chocolate! Lavender to keep the calm in the chaos of the contradictions. This Season is awash with a sense of vigour and excitement side by side with comfort and stability. The colours this season establish a feeling of diversity in a comforting and reassuring way!
RED HOT THIS SEASON
RED – Red is an energetic colour and a good one if you want to make a statement and be seen! This season’s reds will have warmer orange tones. Red can have a great impact when worn on its own, however, add a neutral for a great contrast! Your Style Personality will be key to how you wear it.
Trends A/W 22/23 – Tomato, True Red, Orange Red.
ORANGE/YELLOW – Orange and Yellow are joyful colour’s which radiate warmth, happiness, and energy. Orange can be worn head to toe or in contrast with a more earth tone like Olive, Taupe or Chocolate. PINK – brings out the femininity in every woman and suggests gentleness and empathy. Wearing it tone on tone (one shade lighter and one darker) is very flattering or in contrast wearing a Blush Pink or Rose Pink under a neutral suit will soften the look.
Trends A/W 22/23 – Fuchsia, Pink Orchid, Light Pink.
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BLUE – conveys trust, order, and peace. It is the most popular colour and the darker navies are often associated with authority, law and order. Medium shades of blue can really brighten up your wardrobe. Wear either in contrast to add interest to a neutral, or tone on tone for a very chic look.
Trends A/W 22/23 - Dark Navy, Charcoal Blue, Duck Egg, Aqua, Powder Blue, Sky Blue.
GREEN – the colour of nature conveys a sense of reassurance and calm. It is also known to improves productivity. Wearing green from Olive to Lime and anything in between shows creativity and imagination. However, if your undertone is Cool you’re better in a blue based green like a Spruce or Sea Green whereas if your undertone is Warm a yellow based green like a Moss or Apple Green will better for you.
Trends A/W 22/23 - Fern, Olive, Verbena, Greyed Green, Pine and Spruce.
BROWN – this is an earth colour and is associated with being relaxed and down to earth! It comes in many different hues from Chocolate, Coffee, Golden brown to Mahogany. Brown is sometimes considered boring when worn alone but mixing it with other colours can bring it to life. Wear the correct brown for your colouring type, it’s a great staple for your wardrobe! GREY – is a better neutral than Black as it suits more colouring types and although associated with authority it can be very stylish and gentler on the complexion than Black! Charcoal and Pewter are Universal colours so a great addition to everyone’s wardrobe.
Trends A/W 22/23 – Medium Grey.
PURPLE – is a very regal colour (Purple fabric used to be very expensive as the dye originally used was rare, therefore only those with great wealth could afford it hence the regal connection) and a spiritual colour showing creativity, calmness, and sensitivity. The deeper shades are a great alternative to Black whereas the lighter shades promote a sense of relaxation.
WHITE – denotes purity, lightness and freshness. Pure White is hard to wear and only suits those with a Clear cooler colouring but there is a shade to suit everyone from Soft White to Ivory and all the shades in between! It’s a great neutral and can look very chic on its own or combined with a pop of colour! This season’s Soft White is perfect as it’s a universal colour!
Trends A/W 22/23 - Soft White, Shell.
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SHOW YOUR SKIN SOME TLC
With the changing season we often forget our skincare and September is a good time to re-look at our skincare routine to prepare it for the colder weather. I suggest making it a weekly routine at the end of a busy week: -
1Cleans your face and apply a face mask, relax for 20 minutes, and wash off.
2Moisturise with a really good nourishing product like CMB’s Age -Defying Facial Oil the natural blended ingredients will deeply nourish and hydrate your skin. The Lavender oil has anti-inflammatory properties and is soothing on your skin and the Frankincense (liquid gold) helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles and skin imperfections such as discolouration and stimulates the growth of new cells!
3Leave this on overnight and your skin will feel supple and refreshed in the morning.
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Enjoy the new seasons Colours and Styles and take some time out for a well-deserved, relaxing skincare routine! And if you would like any skincare samples, please let me know! Look after yourselves and each other! Warm Wishes, Sarah x
The life of Di
A monthly column by Di Wade, the author of ‘A Year In Verse’
HEAVEN, NOT HELL WAS OTHER PEOPLE
Iread a while back that heaven, not hell was other people. And OK so this was in a magazine far inferior to this one. Also, most of us’d likely forgotten what other people looked like at the time: Everywhere was shut, sports stadia were empty – and you couldn’t hug your granny without endangering her health, and/or incurring someone’s wrath.
All the same, who could forget the countless pre-pandemic instances of being trapped in queues, waitingrooms, on trains, buses, or planes, with other people’s bawling brats, or unmissable phone conversations rich in details you REALLY didn’t want to know? And that’s just the mild stuff. I’ll admit I’m a tad biased on the subject at the moment having already endured months of sleepless nights, stress and anxiety owing to an example of it, with no end in sight. However, I’d venture to suggest no other creature could compete with humans in mean-spiritedness and perversity when they put their mind to it. OK so you might have your neighbours’ cats trample your tulips, dig up your delphiniums, or piddle on your pansies overnight - which is blooming annoying, especially when you’ve spent all day toiling like a demon, emulating Alan Titchmarsh - and know full well the dratted moggies’d never perpetrate such atrocities on their own patch. On the other hand, I’d be surprised if the feline fiends exited the crime scene chortling madly, intent only on the next well-kept garden to trash to kingdom come. I’ve also never heard of any cat nicking a handbag, wrecking bus shelters just for the heck of it, or phoning pretending to be anyone’s bank, Amazon, or some other recognized service in the hope they’ll cough up their card or account details.
I’ll wager they’ve also never tied anyone up in red tape, or insisted on a course which not only had nothing to do with such tiresome matters as fairness, consideration, or equality, but made not a jot of sense from their own point of view - but which it was somewhere writ must be the case, so that was that.
On the contrary, it seems to me there are three key sources of irritation in life.
The first is fate, or whatever it is has your computer packing up, or your hearing-aid conking out at the absolutely worst possible time. The second is technology, which seems at times to exist to gobble up time and patience as though for fun, with no “expert” seeming to have any more idea than you as to why it’s doing what it’s doing, or not doing what it’s not doing.
And the third is other people. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not tarring all other people with the same brush - planning to move to a remote Scottish island populated only by seabirds or anything. I’m not talking about ALL other people here. I’m personally surrounded by extraordinary people, whose support, especially at times such as recently, is off the chart. It’s also the case that when things are going badly for you, you not only discover who your friends are, as the saying goes, but can derive cheer from if not the unlikeliest sources, then certainly wonderfully random ones: The cheery woman who made you smile as, over the phone you ordered a bunch of flowers for your dad’s birthday; the gripping books of Peter Robinson, and Scott Mariani; that magnificent US Open win for Matt Fitzpatrick, and most recently, Neal Skupski’s fantastic second Wimbledon mixed doubles title with his American partner Desirae Krawczyk. All these things kind of involved other people, so I’m definitely not anti-the lot of them. It’s just occurred to me a few times recently, most notably while walking near Skippool Creek, and at Nott-End that, as on these occasions, the birds might be singing, the sun shining, and the flowers blooming for all they were worth, and even in the most ordinary times, chances were we’d be far more aware of the pending need to variously chase up, query, challenge, or correct the actions of a whole bunch of operatives, re whom we could only wonder what the hell they thought they were playing at. Which seemed regrettable, and a waste.
I’ve also concluded that SOME other people at least are as heavenly as sitting on a pile of nettles - and that by and large, you get much less hassle from dogs.
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