ZSL - Merry Christmas from ZSL! 🌍🦁

 

Merry Christmas from ZSL! Dear Dominic, As we approach the end of 2023, we wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support and interest in our conservation work throughout the year. We're thrilled to share with you the amazing conservation achievements we've accomplished this year, thanks to supporters like you. From increasing tiger numbers in India and Nepal, to the largest ever release of an Extinct-in-the-Wild species in history, it's been an amazing year for wildlife conservation. Our CEO, Matthew Gould, has recorded a special video to celebrate some of these milestones. We're excited to continue scaling up our impact in the coming year, protecting the precious animals we all cherish. We couldn't do it without your help and generosity. Please consider joining us on this journey of wildlife recovery with a monthly donation, your support is vital to the wildlife we protect. Once again, thank you from all of us at ZSL. We wish you a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. Join us as a donor in 2024

Our achievements in detail We're delighted to share our 22/23 annual report with you, which highlights amazing successes that our supporters have helped us to achieve. Take a look to gain a detailed understanding of our recent work. Read our annual report

Please join us in 2024! Over the next year we'll be scaling up our conservation impact, with major projects tackling the illegal wildlife trade of pangolins, recovering water voles in London, improving coexistence in Nepal with tigers, rhinos and elephants and much more. We can't do this without your support, please consider joining us in 2024 with a monthly donation, from £3 a month. Start your donation today

Natural History Museum - Join us for a fun day out this Christmas

 

Christmas at Tring Looking for a fun day out this Christmas? Visit us and get involved with our fun, festive activities over the holidays.  Don't forget to book your free entry ticket before your visit to guarantee your entry over the Christmas period. We'll be closed 24 - 26 December.  Merry Christmas from all of us here at the Museum! Book your free ticket

Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year Have you checked out our Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition yet? Admire breathtaking images taken by talented young photographers from around the world. 11 November 2023 - 28 April 2024 Book your free entry ticket   Polar Pursuit Go on your very own polar expedition around our galleries and see if you can find the 12 lost polar bears hiding among our displays.  2 December 2023 - 3 January 2024 Tickets: £1 Find out more   Discover more at Tring The Man and the Museum Tour Discover the fascinating history of Walter Rothschild and the collections here at Tring. Tickets include a hot drink and a slice of cake at our Ugly Bug Cafe too! Tuesdays to Fridays, from 14.30 Tickets: £10 Book tickets now   The story behind the Museum at Tring You may love to visit our amazing galleries at Tring, but do you know the history behind them? Find out more about the curious life of Walter Rothschild and learn how he pursued his childhood passion for collecting natural history.  Read more  -  More reasons to visit us Now's the perfect time to pop into our café and warm up with a coffee and try some of their festive treats. They change daily which gives you the excuse to come twice!  Our garden volunteers have been working hard, planting nearly 300 new plants in our quad. Not only are we continuously working to improve the look of the museum grounds, but also to attract native insects and encourage biodiversity.

Borough Market - Merry Christmas from Borough Market

 

Merry Christmas from Borough Market   Borough Market is always a magical place, but particularly at this time of year. If you’ve been here for your Christmas shopping, you’ll know what it’s like to be swept up by the energy, the interaction, the high-quality food, the sense of both heritage and progress. As a charitable trust, our mission is to make that magic even stronger. We want this to be even more of a community hub, an even better place to trade and shop, and a beacon for inclusive and sustainable practices. To those ends, we’ve spent this year putting in place ambitious plans for the future, which we look forward to sharing in detail in the months to come. To help guide our plans, we’ve defined Borough Market’s purpose as being “for community, the love of food and a better tomorrow”. I, and everyone at the Market, wish you a Christmas and New Year blessed with more than a little of the first two things and a promise of the last. Jane Swift, CEO of Borough Market Recipes for a waste-free Christmas No one likes to see good food being thrown away, but the spirit of generosity that’s so central to Christmas often results in tables so heaving that even to most waste-averse among us struggle to clear them. To help with that dilemma, Nadja Auerbach has created three simple recipes designed to use up any leftover turkey and sprouts, root vegetables and Christmas pudding. Find more Christmas recipes Roast turkey with a bacon lattice A classic Christmas centrepiece, topped off with some impressive bacon-based artistry – a recipe from the new Ginger Pig Christmas Cook Book. RECIPE BY TIM WILSON & REBECCA SEAL   Roasted brussels sprouts with bacon, chestnuts & cream A side dish from the Ginger Pig Christmas Cook Book with enough cream and pork fat to convert even the most sprout-sceptical of guests. RECIPE BY TIM WILSON & REBECCA SEAL   McLaren’s Christmas Pudding The eponymous treats at McLaren’s Christmas Pudding are wrapped and presented as beautifully as they are made. Each pudding is carefully made to the McLaren family recipe. The fruit is macerated for two days in brandy, Guinness and the zest and juice of fresh oranges and lemons, before being steamed for eight hours and matured for several months. Borough Wines Offering interesting wines with real provenance, Borough Wines champions small, independent winemakers from around the world. The stand’s wine-on-tap concept – an economical, waste-reducing bottle refill service that doesn’t compromise on quality – is perfect for the festive season. Fill up for Christmas, then refill for New Year!

The Postal Museum - Season's Greetings from The Postal Museum!

 

Holiday opening hours We'll be open Tuesday to Sunday throughout the festive period (except for Sunday, 24 December and Tuesday, 26 December when the museum will be closed). It's a great time to ride festive Mail Rail, view our heart-warming collection of letters to Father Christmas, or plan a cracking visit for the New Year. Happy Holidays! What's On A history of Christmas cards With the festive season upon us we take a look at how Christmas cards came to feature images of smartly dressed posties, pillar boxes and even delivery robins. To find answers we must go all the way back to the very first Christmas cards. Learn more Vouchers to the rescue Treat your loved one to an experience they’ll never forget. Give them a Gift Voucher to explore The Postal Museum, including a ride on Mail Rail. Gift Vouchers can be ordered online and printed at home - Merry Christmas!    Order here Shop Christmas  Looking for lots of little things? While it is close to the wire for first class delivery in time for Christmas, The Postal Museum shop will be open all week, except  for Christmas Eve. If you are in town searching for stocking fillers -  we have posters, postcards, books, toys, chocolate and other treats - pop in.

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