As March winds down into April later this week, the calendar turns to the annual day celebrated by pranksters and jokers ...

It is believed that in Scotland, April Fools’ Day was traditionally called 'Huntigowk Day', meaning 'Hunt the Gowk', as ‘gowk’ is a Scottish reference to a cuckoo or a foolish person.

In the late Victorian period, Old Kent Road had 37 pubs open for business. However, since changes in the law, environment, ...

Teachers are expected to teach students how to get good results in their examinations; but the best teachers are those who additionally show students .

With Riviera’s revenues doubling annually on strong passenger growth, the North American market potential definitely “now has the attention of the U.K,” she says. “While nobody outsells Riviera in the ...

What with all the unnerving Trumpian/Muskian hoopla to process, I’ve found it more difficult to read for pleasure since Nov. 5, 2024.

London is not only the capital of Great Britain, but also one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. This ...

The author helps us see Yalta better by connecting her to Socrates’ wife Xanthippe, Geoffrey Chaucer’s Wife of Bath, Shakespeare’s Katherine (the eponymous heroine in “The Taming of the ...

Thor is one of Marvel's greatest heroes and a vital member of the Avengers, yet his Shakespearean speech patterns continue to confound many readers despite his extraordinary feats. Now, a ...