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 ...

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.

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

Years of silence ended with the bells of morris dancers, singing and maypole dancing as a York community revived its ...

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 ...

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

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