Hardly any other institution in the world has been denounced, ridiculed and threatened with reform so often and so roundly as Britain's House of Lords. Harold Macmillan called it "a ...

Woolsack wonderings Every year, Gumstool Hill is pounded by people watching the famous Tetbury Woolsack Races but it's also a place to work and live during the rest of the year.

Weird Sports 'Olympics' Features Woolsack Run, Mountain Bike Chariots Live from "the smallest town in Britain," it's the World Alternative Games, a spoof of the 2012 Summer Games with 36 weird ...

The Tetbury Woolsack Races have been held since 1972. Dairy-loving daredevils threw caution to the wind Monday for one of Britain’s most extreme annual events: cheese rolling.

The Woolsack is the seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords Chamber. It is a large, wool-stuffed cushion or seat covered with red cloth, which was introduced by King Edward III and ...

from the Woolsack, and deciding which peers speak next in debates, the way Mr Speaker calls MPs in the Commons. And still less do they want a Lord Speaker enforcing discipline or ruling on points ...

With “The Great State of West Florida,” Wascom follows the Woolsack family into the future, although just barely — most of the book is set a couple of years from now in the Florida Panhandle.

Running uphill and weaving their way through the Gloucestershire town of Tetbury to loud cheers from spectators, men carry a 60 pound (27 kg) sack of wool on their backs. Women have lighter loads ...

The Tetbury Woolsack Races event starts at 10am on May 26, and runs to around 5pm. The town shall have a festival type atmosphere, with lots of food stalls, live music, ...

Woolsack Races in 360° Panoramic view taken mid-way through one of the team sprints at the famous Tetbury Woolsack Races (Monday 25 May 2009) To move around in the image, hold down your left ...

Believe it or not, the running up and down of Gumstool Hill in Tetbury whilst carrying a heavy woolsack on your back is not that ancient a sport. Geoff Haines from The History of Tetbury Society ...