Mr Willet was unable to experience his idea when it came to fruition, but his great-great-grandson, the singer of Coldplay ...

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38 winners have now been selected to have the opportunity to access the Newgrange Chamber in Co Meath over this year's winter solstice period in December. Ireland's Office of Public Works (OPW ...

Religions: BBC guide to Pagan celebration of Winter Solstice Solstice and the lack of symbolism in Britain Nowadays, festivals of the solstice continue. In Newgrange, Ireland, the sunlight pierces ...

While Newgrange is open to the public, admission during the Winter Solstice is determined by lottery. According to Heritage Ireland, around 30,000 applications are submitted each year. Lotteries ...

Think Halloween, and most of us associate it with the hedonistic, multi-billion-dollar event that is seen in the US. Yet, its ...

like Stonehenge in England and Newgrange in Ireland. While Newgrange points to the winter solstice sunrise, Stonehenge marks the winter solstice sunset. Communities with Persian ancestry mark the ...

At 02:00 BST on 27 October clocks will go back by one hour, providing an extra hour in bed for many. However, it also signals ...

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I watched Ancient Apocalypse on Netflix. Interested in two strands of human development: space, and human advances towards ...

As the darker mornings set in and the evenings become shorter it signals the time for the clocks to ‘fall back’. On Sunday ...