If you are a member of one of a variety of Christian churches, you have entered the season of Lent, traditionally a time of ...

The staff and residents at Scarborough Hall care home in Scarborough have enjoyed a selection of delicious treats during ...

Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside to watch a two-day game of mass street ...

Fat Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. It’s traditionally a time ...

Credit for the invention of the Sazerac cocktail has been given to Antoine Peychaud, who was a Creole apothecary in New Orleans' French Quarter in the 1800s. Peychaud sold aromatic bitters made from a ...

In the 826-year-old Atherstone Ball Game, there are two rules, locals say: Keep the big leather ball on the main street, and don’t kill anyone.

The timing of Lent varies from year to year and is tied to the spring equinox. Here are 2025's key dates, including Easter.

On the night before Ash Wednesday, commonly referred to as Fat Tuesday, the parishioners of Christ Church gathered in their ...

Hundreds of people have descended on a seaside town to take part in its annual Skipping Day, which has been held every year ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word ...

At the time, to shrive meant to confess, and so the day ultimately became known as Shrove Tuesday after the past tense of the verb. This 1681 etching depicts a Shrove Tuesday procession in ...