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The newly-launched SPAB Heritage Awards championing built heritage are welcoming entrants from across the UK and Ireland. Three new awards – Best Loved Building, Sustainable Heritage and Building Craftsperson of the Year – will join the SPAB’s established awards, Philip Webb and the John Betjeman Awards. In November 2022, SPAB Heritage Award winners will receive […]
Children’s author Fawzia Gilani Williams is enriching the lives of children with her books which help them feel proud of their identities. She is transforming popular children’s fairytales like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White into Islamic tales of moral power, quiet heroism, wisdom, belief in God, hope and resilience. Her books have a central theme of kindness […]
Check out our collection of interesting recommended reads for November. There’s something for everyone! Sings of the Earth by Fazlun Khalid – £12.15 A major study of environmentalism and Islam in practice and theory, with a historical overview that sets out future challenges, including reformulating the fiqh or Islamic legal tradition to take the ecological […]
Islamic Relief and Greenpeace MENA as part of the Ummah for Earth Alliance expect greening effort to spark “domino effect” among religious communities across the world. The largest mosque in Scotland began to be solarised today in order to drive down its carbon emissions and encourage buildings of worship to step up their fight against climate change. The […]
The epic 8000km journey of Little Amal, a nine-year-old refugee girl in the form of a 3.5 metre puppet that began in late July at the Turkish-Syrian border comes to a close in Manchester. Amal will visit Rochdale and Wigan before the city welcomes her in a free event at Castlefield Bowl produced by Manchester International […]
A great deal of thought goes into creating the perfect dining experience. But when your visitor’s tastes, needs and expectations are always changing, how can you keep up? Here are a few ways to conjure up perfection in your country home. Choose stone and wood furniture Solid wood furniture is key in quintessential country dining […]
