Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Are you a Celt? Being half-Welsh and part Irish, perhaps I am. Yet, where are Celtic peoples exactly? To be ...

The Celtic civilization began around 1100 BC with the Hallstatt period (marked in yellow on the map below). After this early stage of societal organization, the La Tène period (450 BC to 25 BC) saw ...

Wondering how and when Halloween started and why we trick or treat for candy? Here's what to know about Halloween's past and ...

Celts celebrated the festival of Samhain on October 31 to mark the start of a new year. Thinking that on this night the dead would rise again, they carved scary faces into turnips to ward off evil ...

The Celts and later medieval Europeans believed that wearing masks and disguises could confuse ghosts, demons, or fairies that might cross into the human world during this liminal time, allowing the ...

According to the History channel, Halloween most likely started around 2,000 years ago with a Celtic festival named ‘Samhain’ in an area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France.

Halloween today is about candy, costumes, and spooky fun, with children dressed as superheroes and princesses going door-to-door collecting treats. At the same time, adults attend parties and decorate ...

From vegetable carving to door-to-door knocking, Halloween owes a debt to its pagan predecessor, Samhain. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited ...