A new sculpture was unveiled at Beacon Hill Country Park in Leicestershire to mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday. Marking Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday On Friday 8 May, a wood-carved sculpture of Auroralumina attenboroughii was unveiled, alongside interpretation panels that share the story of the fossil and the connection to Sir David. Scientists who had been studying the rocks of Charnwood Forest revealed the discovery of Auroralumina in 2022. The team, l

Sir David Attenborough, whose formative years in Leicester helped shape his lifelong passion for the natural world, will celebrate his 100th birthday on Friday (8 May). Picture caption: Sir David with his portrait, Attenborough in Paradise (2016) by Bryan Organ, at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery. The broadcaster, naturalist and national treasure moved to Leicester with his family in 1932. His father, Frederick, was the second Principal of University College, which meant the f