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Glossary

4 articles

EnglishTraditions6 min

Wimbledon: grass-court tennis and its English rituals

History and traditions of Wimbledon: the oldest tennis tournament in the world since 1877, the grass, the all-white rule, strawberries and cream, and the famous Queue.

24 mars 2026Read

EnglishGastronomie6 min

Fish and chips: the dish that fed a nation

The history of British fish and chips: battered fish and chips, its Jewish and northern origins, the first chippy, its wartime role and malt vinegar.

16 mars 2026Read

EnglishTraditions6 min

Burns Night: the evening Scotland toasts its poet

History and rituals of Scotland's Burns Night: Robert Burns, the Burns Supper, the Address to a Haggis, Auld Lang Syne, whisky and bagpipes, every 25 January.

10 mars 2026Read

EnglishTraditions6 min

St Patrick's Day: how Ireland turned the world green

The history of St Patrick's Day: the patron saint of Ireland, the shamrock, the colour green, the parades of the diaspora and the globalisation of 17 March.

2 mars 2026Read