Most of the UK has moved on from mince pies and fairy lights by the time January arrives. On Foula, that is when Christmas ...

A TINY Scottish island will be celebrating Christmas today as part of an age-old tradition. Just 20 miles west of Shetland, ...

A remote Shetland island is celebrating its traditional New Year's Day - two weeks after other parts of the world. Foula - which is home to fewer than 40 people - never fully adopted the modern ...

Still craving the festive cheer of Christmas and New Year? Turns out, the party isn’t over everywhere. In fact, you could ...

15:44, Mon, Jan 5, 2026 Updated: 15:45, Mon, Jan 5, 2026 You might think that the festivities have come to an end across the country, but in fact, there's a small UK island that is set to celebrate ...

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ONE of Scotland’s most remote islands will finally celebrate Christmas tomorrow – more than a week after the rest of the country. The island of Foula still follows an ancient calendar, which means the ...

Just 30 permanent residents live on Foula, which lays claim to being Britain's most remote inhabited island and operates on a different calendar to the rest of the UK. I learned several new words ...

The residents of Foula, just over 30 strong, are big on tradition. Norse tradition. That includes the use of the ancient Julian calendar — meaning Christmas comes 12 days after the rest of Britain.

IT is Britain’s remotest permanently inhabited island with a population of just over 30 people and has been labelled the land at the end of the world. But now Foula has joined the rest of the UK by ...