In 2024, Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) is on Tuesday 13 February, around a week earlier than last year. Whether you find delight in crepe-style pancakes or you prefer the fluffy variations ...

Parades are set to commence Monday less than a week after a deadly truck attack killed 14 people and injured dozens in what ...

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 ...

Carnivale in Panama, one of the most anticipated festivities of the year, will be celebrated in late February and early March ...

Fasching in Villach, Villach in Fasching - the famous song will once again echo through many Austrian living rooms on Shrove ...

Hundreds of people grappled in the street for possession of a heavy leather ball as part of a centuries-old Shrove Tuesday tradition. The Atherstone Ball Game crowned its 823rd winner following ...

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent begins and there’s nothing we like batter – sorry, better – than marking it by eating pancakes. The day is known to many as Pancake Day, and in the UK ...

which celebrates Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday, an annual parade that takes place before Ash Wednesday. Although not held on a Sunday, if there were any problem with logistics, everything could be ...

In western Christian churches, the day before Lent starts is Shrove Tuesday. This is also known as Pancake Day. This day was traditionally the last chance to use up the foods Christians would not ...