FROM morris dancing and maypole twirling to crowning the May Queen, May Day is one of the UK’s oldest seasonal celebrations.

The practice has its roots in ancient pagan traditions that were persecuted by the Puritans.

UK artist Linett Kamala was astonished to see a maypole in a Jamaican hamlet – a colonial relic, but one bringing joy. So she reinvented the tradition by ditching English folk tunes and adding bass ...

May Day is celebrated annually on May 1. It is an ancient spring festival in many European cultures and a widely observed ...

For more than 150 years Gawthorpe's maypole has anchored the village's May Day celebrations. But, with the pole showing its ...

May Day 2026 was celebrated with dawn Morris dancing across parts of the UK and a revived maypole event at California’s Pelican Inn. Rooted in ancient seasonal customs, both traditions brought ...

From a celebration that’s thousands of years old to a workers’ day of protest, here’s everything to know about May Day ...

RESIDENTS of Long Preston and visitors enjoyed traditional May Day celebrations at the weekend. On Saturday, Children from Long Preston Primary School danced around the maypole on the village green ...

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The Sunderland Echo has released a nostalgic gallery featuring Maypole dancing at Hetton Lyons Primary School in the ...

Liam Tunney is covering the inquest for the Belfast Telegraph MLA blasts PSNI as cars rampage in west Belfast for low-level ...