The public outcry over the felling at Sycamore Gap emphasised the attachment Britain has to its ancient landmarks, but what is at its root?

Hot cross buns have long heralded the start of Easter in the western world, with the marked cross on top a symbol ... as the English Queen had broken ties with the Catholic Church, and the spiced ...

on some church leaders or individuals seeing Easter as pagan worship, said: “Well, let me correct that impression. The Bible says we are not moved by dates or ceremonies or new moon and what we eat ...

Pagan Saxons worshipped a spring goddess named Eostre. They baked bread during springtime festivals to celebrate new life and longer days. The name “Eostre” is where we get the English word ...

It was a symbol of faith ... bread traditions. Pagan Saxons worshipped a spring goddess named Eostre. They baked bread during springtime festivals to celebrate new life and longer days. The name ...

Malo Cross is one of a number of ancient stone crosses that remain as an obvious legacy of the ancient Britons and their pagan ways. The crosses (roughly 2,000 remain across Britain but a number ...

Explore the fascinating origins of Halloween, from its ancient Celtic origins to its evolution into a modern-day celebration.

From XNUMX to XNUMX all of America had the tradition of the Christmas tree, The Roman Catholic Church later accepted this symbol ... in English carols, she is the male and ivy is the female. So the ...

One somewhat legendary example of this is the Celtic cross; there is a story that St. Patrick combined the Christian cross with a pagan symbol ... times the Church has tolerated pagan imagery in ...