Ruby Wax Picks a Winner!

American-British actress, comedian, writer, television presenter, and mental health campaigner. Ruby Wax OBE joined Anna-Louise to select the lucky winners of our prize draw – Mr E. Wylde of Oswestry, who has won a hand embellished picture of a tiger.

From the Royal Shakespeare Company to primetime TV; from a Master’s degree in mindfulness based cognitive therapy from Oxford University to best-selling author; from hosting her BBC series spanning 25 years, to script editing all series of Absolutely Fabulous Ruby Wax has had an incredibly successful and varied career. In recent years she has been recognised as a mental health campaigner and awarded an OBE for her services in this field.
Notably, Ruby founded Frazzled, a mental health and wellbeing charity. It provides free, confidential, and non-judgmental peer support and mindfulness sessions — both online and in select face-to-face locations — for people overwhelmed by the stresses of modern life. However Ruby also has a great love for wildlife and conservation causes, and serves as a long-standing Ambassador for Tusk, a wildlife conservation charity protecting African species. She even has a white rhino named in her honour!

Pollyanna also had a long association with Tusk and was a guest at many of their special events. Her artwork has been auctioned to raise funds for their projects – and has also featured in two books published by the organisation. Ruby is also a great admirer of Pollyanna’s paintings –they previously met at a lunch honouring Women of Achievement – and she was delighted to take time out of her busy schedule to select the winning ticket in our summer prize draw.

Sales of Prize Draw tickets contributed to the £1,000.00 raised for our Serval Relocation appeal.

Drawn July 2025

First Prize :00809 : Hand embellished giclee : Mr E. Wylde, Oswestry, Shropshire

Second Prize : Limited Edition: 00291 : Ms M. Hambly

Runner Up Prizes of a selection signed calendars and books :

 

00371 : Mr J. Burrell, Alfreton Derbyshire

00247 : Mr R. Adams, Dronfield

00260 : D. Statham, Ashbourne Derbyshire

00339 : Mr & Mrs Hayden, Titley, Herefordshire

00907 : Ms G. Noble, Market Rasen

00136 : Mr E. Hurt, Nottingham

00218 : Ms H. Shaw, Chesterfield

00168 : Mr K. Elvin, Sheffield

00817 : Ms D. Gibbs, Bradford on Avon