Winter Solstice
Thousands attend winter solstice celebrations
Around 4,500 people were at Stonehenge to mark the shortest day.
Take on Nature: Towards year's end
NOW in early December, we are, meteorologically at least, in winter.
Take on Nature: We're between acts as the last leaves of the year fall
THERE is is a sense of being between acts on this weekend when the shortest days of the year fall.
Artist wants Tate Britain to look ‘possessed’ in new artwork
Anne Hardy has been inspired by ‘the rhythms of the Earth and the tides of the River Thames’.
New Yorkers have been sharing their Manhattanhenge pics
The showstopping sunset event drew throngs of city-dwellers and tourists onto the city’s busiest streets.
Take on Nature: Nature gives way to the new around the winter solstice
THIS weekend as we greet the turning of the year, leave an old friend or foe behind and embrace a new one, I reflect on the recent meeting of old and new in my garden, a coming together of sorts which captured the subtle change of mood in the natural world right now.
No winter solstice light at the end of the Newgrange tunnel
Hundreds of people from around the world gathered at Newgrange for the winter solstice yesterday - but there was no light at end of tunnel.