The Origins of Halloween! We are at the end of October and as the clocks move back and nights draw in we have arrived at the time of year that is now known as Halloween Many mistakenly think that Halloween is an American import to Europe. It is in fact an evolution of an ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. It was the night that celebrated the end of the...
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April turns to May
The British Drink The British are known the world over for their love of tea, it is true, we Brits are not just famous for drinking Beer or Gin! Tea represents a refined social image but the history of the drink is one that fuelled wars and revolutions. On April 27th 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act which has since been recognised as one of the causes of the...
Cry for God! Harry! And Saint George!
A welcome holiday for us in Aragón as we celebrate the day of Saint George, we take the chance to explore his story as well as the peculiarly British “No News Day” and the fever of the armchair treasure hunt that gripped the world in the early 1980s. We surprise ourselves with how much of the modern language was born in the roaring 1920s and then polish it all off...
