"Wassail!" yelled the crowd. "Cider for everyone!" In an orchard by a Welsh castle, hundreds of people gathered to wish good ...

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away ...

author of a book on English folklore. By the 16th century, the link to agriculture was established, with farmers singing to and blessing bee hives, fruit trees, crops, sheep and cattle to ...

This year, over 70 public wassails were listed on the English folklore website Tradfolk.co "and we're aware of dozens more happening across the country", editor James Merryclough told AFP.

On ‘End of the Middle,’ English singer-songwriter Richard Dawson chooses domestic drama over the fantastical sagas of his ...

Music has the power to transcend boundaries, connect hearts, and tell stories that words alone cannot express. In the world ...

Fairies were stock characters in medieval romances from the late 13th/early 14th century, including the story of Sir Orfeo, a Middle English rewriting ... when the fairy folk ride over the ...

The band has been together since 1978 and was started by Jon Swayne, a bagpipe maker who has lived in Baltonsborough since the 1980s.

Bean is best known for his roles in films like “The Lord of the Rings,” “Troy,” “Goldeneye,” and “Ronin.” He also famously ...

Emma Rice’s musical theatre adaptation of Wuthering Heights features a finale where the orphan Hareton – a silent, traumatised man – suddenly emerges sporting a cute kitchen apron over his bare torso.