Pantomime, or panto, is a family comedy filled with fairy tales, music, slapstick and audience participation and is a holiday season staple across the UK. This year, one production is selling out a ...

LONDON (AP) — London's Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square was lit up Thursday as part of a British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest. The tree symbolizes the friendship between London and ...

If you call him "Father Christmas" instead of Santa Claus, you just might be from the United Kingdom. Christmas in the UK differs slightly from celebrations in America and elsewhere around the world.

Picture this: You're sitting in a cozy British pub, ordering what feels like a timeless classic - a ploughman's lunch. Crusty bread, sharp cheddar, tangy pickle, maybe some ham. It screams "ye olde ...

Trade body warns dedicated newsagents are "disappearing", with numbers almost halving since 2011.

While the Christmas card may have seemed like an entirely new invention to Victorian senders and receivers, the first Christmas card’s design was actually influenced by other, older British holiday ...

Winston Churchill is credited with the following insight, delivered to the Royal Society: “Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.” Certainly ...