Crowds gathered in Guildhall Yard to watch participants from historic trade guilds compete, with roles such as gunmakers firing the starting gun and fruiterers providing lemons. The tradition ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners in zany costumes zipping around a central London square with a frying pan in hand to celebrate Shrove ...

LONDON (AP) — Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners in zany costumes zipping around a central London square with a frying pan in hand to ...

The company of gunmakers fired the starting gun, the clockmakers timed the races, while the “fruiterers” provided the lemons to go with the pancakes on sale from stands at the square.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Queen Victoria Market fruit and vegetable traders will close their stalls on Tuesday, going on strike for the first time in the ...