Dates
31. october
Halloween
Telling ghost stories and the carving of faces into hollowed-out vegetables such as swedes and turnips
Halloween
Two-minute silence
Remembrance Day
The second Saturday in June
Queen's second birthday, Trooping the colour
There's plenty of dancing, singing and processions that take place through the streets. People spend months working on their festival costumes, and show them off in the huge parade. There's all kind of music, including steel bands, reggae and salsa artists.
Notting Hill Carnival
Art
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
It is the day before Ash Wednesday
Shrove Tuesday
The tradition of wearing a red poppy for remembrance has its origins during the First World War and was inspired by the fields of poppies that grew in the battle-ravaged fields of the Western Front
Remembrance Day
Caribbean specialities
Notting Hill Carnival
23. april
St. George day
This day is known in many countries as a saint's day
Boxing Day
English soldier
Trooping the Colour
21. april
The Queen's real birthday
A member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords.
Guy Fawkes Day
A red rose
St. George Day