Phoebe Lunny on lead vocals is a powerhouse of harshly melodic shouting. Her voice is delightfully strained and grating, easy to listen to but still does something to ignite a long-dormant fire in ...
Foula - which also celebrates Christmas on 6 January - never fully adopted the modern Gregorian calendar. Data from Hitched shows hundreds are choosing off-season nuptials with some based around ...
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Christmas"? Do you envision snow? Sleigh rides? A fresh-cut pine Christmas tree, decorated with ornaments? A Christian religious service in a big church?
Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...
For this reason, Three Kings' Day became the Christmas Day on which family and friends exchange gifts. In France, Epiphany is primarily a religious event. In other countries, it is more of a ...
As the rest of the country packs away the decorations after Twelfth Night, the Christmas trees are still standing on a tiny Scottish island where the true festivities are only now getting underway.
A real-life donkey who served as the animation model for the character Donkey in the “Shrek” franchise died on Thursday at the age of 30 at his home in California. Pericles, affectionately ...
The women of Ireland who worked so hard over Christmas are celebrated throughout the country on January 6, Nollaig na mBan, also known as Little Christmas or The Feast of the Epiphany. Nollaig na ...