A new study suggests that medieval stone discs found in Ukraine were likely used by Vikings as solar compasses to navigate ...

BRITAIN’S remotest community will finally celebrate Christmas tomorrow. And islanders will also see in the New Year nearly ...

The rest of Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752 ... Foula – meaning ‘bird island’ in old Norse – was the location for the film The Edge of the World.

Foula in Shetland, Britain's remotest permanently inhabited island, marks Christmas and New Year according to an ancient ...

Foula, an island in Shetland, is Britain's most remote island. They celebrate Christmas and New Year according to the old ...

In 1192, a Papal bull by Pope Celestine III created the "Ecclesia Scoticana", making the Scottish Church separate from the ...

Learn about the collection of medieval stone disks found in Ukraine and why researchers are speculating on their role as ...

Foula - which is home to less than 40 people - never fully adopted the modern Gregorian calendar, preferring instead to ...

AN ISLAND in the Shetlands, without any pubs, shops, or WiFi, is celebrating New Year’s Day today, January 13. Located 20 miles off the west coast of Shetland, lies Foula – a Scottish ...

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII tweaked the old Roman calendar, also known as the Julian ... Due to ancient Celtic and Norse traditions, New Year's Eve ("Hogmanay") has historically been much more ...

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Advert Foula's inhabitants boast strong Norse traditions ... still celebrate the old calendar." Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always ...