In early December every year there is an event called The Great Christmas Pudding Race. It is a charity event in which teams of 6 people in ‘fancy dress’ compete in an obstacle course race carrying a Christmas pudding. Anybody …
Stir-up Sunday is the Sunday at the end of November on which families traditionally make their ‘Christmas Pudding’ all together, and the children learn how to make it. The tradition of the whole family making it together started in the Victorian …
Children In Need is a charity run by BBC for children in hospital, or in children’s homes. Every year in Novemeber, the BBC and Children In Need run many events and special programmes to promote the charity, culminating in a …
If you ever watch BBC news on BS1 around November, you will see the newsreaders, interviewers and guests have a red flower attached to their lapel. This flower is a poppy, and it is worn to remember those who died …
If you ever watch BBC news on BS1 around November, you will see the newsreaders, interviewers and guests have a red flower attached to their lapel. This flower is a poppy, and it is worn to remember those who died …
The Lord Mayor Of London is elected every year – and is not the same person as the Mayor Of London. The Mayor (currently Boris Johnson) is the head of Greater London. The Lord Mayor is mayor of the City …
Halloween was not traditionally celebrated in the UK, mostly because Christian families felt it to be unsuitable for their children to celebrate the image of evil spirits. Nowadays, families are more relaxed about it, as it is seen as nothing …