Insights

The festival of Halloween has been celebrated for centuries in different guises. Its origins can be found in an ancient Celtic festival ‘Samhain’ that marked the end of the summer growing season and a time of harvest. Believing that the ...

At the time of writing, we are entering the crescent moon phase of the lunar calendar, and our clear night skies appear dark, except for a thin sliver of crescent moonlight. This and the approaching Autumn equinox and astronomical Autumn ...

As we begin to take a break for Christmas and head towards wrapping up 2022, we wanted to share some thoughts around slowing down and making this a season of personal self-care. At this time of year self-care blogs are ...

In Mark's final blog of the series he looks at the moon during the winter and some well known stars. In the late autumn and winter months the full moon spends the longest time at night above the horizon than ...

In Mark's third stargazing blog he considers the wandering planets. In contrast to needing patience watching shooting stars, which appear and disappear at random, in the blink of an eye, observing planets is the complete opposite. Most are bright and ...

Our second stargazing blog investigates exploding stars. Meteor showers are named after the constellation in the patch of sky that they appear to radiate from. If you draw a line back from where you see them they will all appear ...

The night sky provided a welcome distraction while we were all experiencing isolation and the frustration of being in lockdown. Coinciding with a long lasting spell of unusual, pollution free, clear nights, it gave us all an opportunity to expand ...

This has been a year like no other in memory and it feels fitting as we approach the end of 2020, to reflect perhaps more deeply than we’ve ever done before.  Change When, what seemed like something awful happening a ...

In this blog post, Amy Cronshaw from Beyond Workplace Consulting reflects on an eventful, but ultimately very fulfilling year. This year has been filled with many tough days, we all, globally, have suffered a shared experience in a way we ...

The visible signs of autumn are becoming more evident, with beautiful hanging mists and the smell of the cooling earth and fallen leaves. It’s at this time of year that the duvet can feel more difficult to leave behind and ...