It might be Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday, but in Scarborough the day is marked with skipping rather than pancakes. The North Yorkshire town's Skipping Day has its origins in the days when ...

Historically, Anglo-Saxon Christians would go to confession on Shrove Tuesday to be absolved of their sins, before indulging ...

The Carnival of Venice in Italy is held each year on Shrove Tuesday. The history of the carnival stretches back over 800 years. There are many traditions associated with it, such as the elaborate ...

Once a year, in the run-up to Shrove Tuesday, the citizens of the old medieval ... Capello who documented the event last year. The origin of the so-called Battle of the Oranges dates back to ...