Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. The 40 days leading ...

In the 826-year-old Atherstone Ball Game, there are two rules, locals say: Keep the big leather ball on the main street, and don’t kill anyone.

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word ...

Photo: Lucy Young The Leadenhall Market pancake race is much of a Shrove Tuesday staple as lemon and sugar, with local workers and visitors going head-to-head on a 20-metre cobbled course ...

Wherever you are in London there are some pan-tastic places to celebrate Shrove Tuesday and have a pancake. From lemon and ...

The Inter-Livery Pancake Race in London's Guildhall Yard is a lively annual event commemorating Shrove Tuesday. Participants in quirky costumes race around the square while flipping pancakes. The race ...

Shrovetide football is an ancient, rough and chaotic ball game played on Shrove Tuesday, involving two rival teams of local ...

The most important celebration of the year is around the corner as Londoners prepare for Pancake Day on Tuesday (March 4).

Inter-Livery Pancake Race in London saw runners in quirky costumes, including a skyscraper and a beekeeper, racing while ...

beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners in zany costumes zipping around a central London square with a frying pan in hand to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, or “Pancake Day.” ...

Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners zipping around a central London ...