Mois : juillet 2025

Our oceans are vital for life, a truth beautifully highlighted in “Ocean with David Attenborough”. A new documentary released on 8th May this year to coincide with his 99th birthday, celebrates marine wonders while exposing the devastating impact of overfishing, bottom trawling and coral bleaching. Attenborough offers hope, showing the ocean’s remarkable capacity for recovery – if action is taken immediately. As Sir David states, “The ocean can bounce back to life. If left alone it may not just recover but thrive beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen.” To…

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Just two weeks remaining to see and appreciate this remarkable tapestry and other exquisite artefacts in The Mamluks exhibition in the Napoleon Rooms at The Louvre Museum in Paris. The exhibition then moves to The Louvre in Abu Dhabi. Regular Snippet readers will be familiar with our “From Powis to Paris” feature in the last issue, but there was not enough room to do justice to this magnificent masterpiece. At the first opportunity I headed to The Louvre to see the tapestry in place and was not disappointed. I was…

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