The Local's Fika Calendar walks you through a whole year of Sweden's coffee-and-cake tradition, with information on the ...

A woman picked to start a traditional Shrove Tuesday ball game which dates to the 12th Century said it was "amazing" to be ...

Christopher Jackson and his partner Claire opened Shakey J’s on High Street in Newton-le-Willows in 2016 selling milkshakes and desserts to take away. After several years of deliveries and late nights ...

Fasnacht Day is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

We asked Reddit what is the best topping for a pancake and received some pretty bizarre suggestions. Each to their own.

The organiser of one of five remaining Shrovetide football games to take place around the country say he hopes a decent ...

A traditional ball game that dates back to the 12th Century is set to take over a town centre in Derbyshire once again. The ...

With Shrove Tuesday taking place on Tuesday, March 4, a new animal welfare survey has unveiled some facts about Scots knowledge about pancakes - and what they contain ...

Professor Emmanuela Gakidou, of the University of Washington in the US, who led the research, said that the “unprecedented ...

From Bad Aussee to Bad Radkersburg and from Eibiswald to Mariazell, Styria is firmly in the hands of fools today. The biggest ...

Single-shaming customs were especially prevalent in Munster with the 'Skellig Lists' mocking, teasing and insulting unmarried people ...

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and is also known as Pancake Tuesday and Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras in places further afield. It's a day which offered a final blowout before the ...