Tag Archives: lent

Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday?

Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday?

I suppose eventually Mother’s Day wil become a fixed day in the calendar like Father’s Day and allocated to a particular Sunday in the Spring. This will make life a lot easier for retailer ...
Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday

Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday

Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was traditionally a time of fasting and on ...
Good Friday – and even better weekend!

Good Friday – and even better weekend!

There are a few smug faces in the MT office this week, belonging to those who are nearing the end of their self-imposed ban on all things bad for Lent. Congratulations if you’ve managed to make ...