If you weren’t aware, today isn’t formally known as Pancake Day. I know, I know, it’s a day all about pancakes. However, it’s actually a Christian tradition that falls the day before Lent begins. On ...

Watching fastanchts get made from start to finish at Emingee's, I was fairly certain the potato doughnuts wouldn't disappoint.

The sun came out in Wiltshire this week and the county has welcomed rare wildlife and also pancakes and spring re-openings.

“He loved it!” Harrison says. Played over Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday each year, the event is a source of immense pride for the people of Ashbourne in Derbyshire's Peak District. Yet, such a ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

In 2025, Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) is on Tuesday 4 March, falling much later than last year. Whether you find delight in crepe-style pancakes or you prefer the fluffy variations typically ...

Mardi Gras, otherwise known as 'Fat Tuesday', encompasses the festive celebrations that take place along the Gulf Coast, but what’s behind the name?

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day is the traditional feast day before the Lent fast starts on Ash Wednesday. Today, ...

Shrove Tuesday - now better known as Pancake Tuesday - is most significant in all cultures that observe the Lenten period. It’s also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras in France, Brazil and New Orlean ...

Whatever you do, make your pancakes just like the Irish do this Shrove Tuesday ... or Mardi Gras ... or Carnival ... or Fat Tuesday ... or just plain old Tuesday, March 4! The day before Ash ...

Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It's a day of feasting and preparation before the 40 days of Lent. The day was once known as a ...

One of the earliest rules was 'no murder' - and one of the most recent is 'the ball must not be carried in a motorised vehicle!' ...