Arden, Warwickshire prominent in the area for centuries. Mary Arden, mother of William Shakespeare, was a member. Shakespeare's play "As You Like It" is set in the Forest of Arden, however it is an imaginary version incorporating elements from the Ardennes forest in Thomas Lodge's prose romance "Rosalynde" and the real forest (both as it was then, subjected to deforestation and enclosure, and the romanticized version of his youth). Towns in the area include Hampton-in-Arden, Henley-in-Arden, and Tanworth-in-Arden. The Countryside Commission considered creating a new national forest in the area in 1989, but the proposal was not taken up. A national forest
Jann Arden 2014, through Universal Music Canada. In October 2015, Arden released her fourteenth and first Christmas album, "A Jann Arden Christmas". In addition to her music, she is also a writer of memoirs: "If I Knew, Don't You Think I'd Tell You?" (2002), "I'll Tell You One Damn Thing, and That's All I Know!" (2004), "Falling Backwards" (2011) and "Feeding My Mother" (2017). In 2018, CTV announced that Arden will star in "Jann", a mockumentary comedy television series loosely based on her own life, in the 2018-19 television season. Arden is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism. Arden