notes Liz Williams in her book about British folklore, “Rough Music”. There is no evidence that Morris dancing stems from fertility rites, or that cheese rolling is a pagan ritual, or else ...

Hundreds of thrill-seekers descended on Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire on Monday (May 26) for the annual cheese rolling contest, a traditional British competition where participants hurl ...

"In the British Isles you can eat a cheese from a different cheese-maker every day of the year." Matthew O'Callaghan, chair of the Artisan Cheese Awards 2025 believes there is now a huge choice ...

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All British sports must eventually face their dark ... urgent questions are reverberating after Monday’s Cooper’s Hill cheese rolling event. The women’s favourite was a Switzerland-based ...

This is cheese rolling’s Augusta National, its Crucible, its Maracana. Videos of these races travel around the world and charm anyone who enjoys slapstick with a side of horrifying injuries. The ...

In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge famously blames his ghostly visions on “a crumb of cheese.” But is your cheesy snack really to blame? In 2005, the British Cheese Board set out to ...

For its 22nd edition, the La Gacilly Photo Festival in western France is honouring big names in British photography including Martin Parr, Terry O’Neill and Don McCullin. "The British don’t do ...

Steve Brain is one of two cheese rolling champions who will be remembered at the event on Monday Two "fearless" late champions of a unique British sport will be remembered at this year's event.

For its 22nd edition, the La Gacilly Photo Festival in western France is honouring big names in British photography including Martin Parr, Terry O'Neill and Don McCullin. "The British don't do ...