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A traditional Shrove Tuesday isn’t just abou
As the warm days of summer give way to the fresher feel of autumn, many of us will recall with nostalgia the harvest festivals of our youth. Such festivities – often including lavish displays of crops
There is a story that in the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Eccles cakes on the grounds that they were too indulgent: all of that melting pastry and expensive dried fruit, sugar and spice deemed
Halloween trick-or-treating is seemingly an excuse for kids to consume far too many sweets. But this modern tradition has a more virtuous – and tastier! – origin: soul cakes. The word ‘Halloween’ is a
Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight
Words by Miranda Gore Browne Miranda is a ...
9 SEPTEMBER TUESDAY
