Pic Of The Week

Image: Todor Tilev 'Hook Lighthouse, Ireland'   Our current competition, 'A Lapse in Time' is still open for entries. It will close at midnight (GMT) on 31st October 2019, so you have a couple of weeks left…

Image: Lisa Shalom 'Pride' National Coming Out Day is observed every year, around the world on 11th October, to celebrate coming out and raise awareness of the LGBT community and Civil Rights movement. It was founded in…

Image: Sheila Haycox 'Yawning' 4th October is World Animal Day and is a day of action recognised worldwide for animal rights as well as welfare. On this day, animals are celebrated in various ways in every…

Martin Parratt 'Buttermere at Sunrise'   Our 'Light in the Lens' theme has already started it's tour for this quarter and if you have been able to go along and see it, we hope you have enjoyed…

Image: Bhambhaney Bharat 'Evening' This image brings to mind the phrase 'Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink' The aim of World Water Day, is to highlight the importance of freshwater. The day is used…

  'Close Encounter' by Richard Mills People all over the Northern Hemisphere are celebrating as we officially pass from Winter to Spring. We have survived the cold blasts, the wind and rain, the dark mornings and evenings. We look…

Anna Tea 'Elephant' 'Yarn-bombing' has become a popular way of transforming otherwise 'ordinary' objects into colourful works of art temporarily. Lampposts, bus shelters, gates, you name it, it can be 'yarn-bombed'. We love this elephant,…

Cossack Woman International Women's Day this year has the theme 'Balance for Better' and people - men and women, around the globe are encouraged to strike a pose and hashtag it #BalanceforBetter The campaign is running…

Stuart Yates 'Morning Walk' Polar Bear Day aims to draw attention to the warming Arctic, and the challenges faced by polar bears as a result. There will be live chats taking place on Facebook throughout the…

Lisa Shalom 'Pausing for affection' St Valentine's Day is said to have originated to commemorate the martyrdom of Valentinus at the hands of Claudius on 14th February, and to be celebrated from 496AD. Going even further back,…