Amy Willis

2 months ago | metro.co.uk | Sophie Dickinson |Amy Willis

Today is Chinese New Year 2025, heralding in the Year of the Snake - the Wood Snake, to be exact. Lunar New Year isn't just celebrated in China though, with countries such as Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore also marking the date. The date of Chinese New Year moves every year, in accordance with the moon, falling any time between January 21 and February 20.

Aug 29, 2024 | oll.libertyfund.org | Amy Willis

Mangu-Ward offers several challenging ideas that are well worth exploring. Third Parties. Daniels asks Mangu-Ward to distinguish “small l” libertarianism from “capital L” libertarianism, which leads to a conversation on third parties in American politics generally.While she is hopeful that someday the duopoly may be breached, she’s not hopeful.

Aug 28, 2024 | metro.co.uk | Amy Willis |Elizabeth Atkin

With three curved swishes in red, blue and green, the Paralympic symbol certainly looks slick. But there is more to the Agitos logo, which will be on display at the Paris 2024 games, than three colourful lines, with the design signifying the four core values of the Paralympics: courage, determination, inspiration and equality. Red, blue and green were chosen, as they are the colours most used in flags around the world, and the curve in the line shows 'spirit in movement'.

Mar 31, 2024 | metro.co.uk | Amy Willis |Amy Willis

Ahh, April Fools' Day. A much-needed time for jokes, pranks and general silliness. But if you're busy this bank holiday, you might have no time to fool your family, friends or loved ones. Many are delaying their gags until the evening for this reason, and some are even getting ahead of the curve and setting up their jokes before April 1. April Fools' Day always gives us a good laugh - but when should the jokes come to an end? When should you stop telling April Fools' jokes?

Dec 27, 2023 | metro.co.uk | Anna Paul |Amy Willis

Christmas Day is officially over for another year, but there's still more celebrations to come as we move towards the New Year and the start of 2024. But with the centrepiece of the festivities having come and gone, folks may be starting to give thought to when the Christmas tree - and the decorations - might have to be taken down and packed away for another 12 months. It's a long-held tradition that it is bad luck to keep trees, lights and cards up too long - but how long is too long?