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Author: Katherine

The British curry: a Victorian invention

Posted by Katherine on June 9, 2008May 30, 2014 in 19th Century, Television

Here’s another post sparked by the brilliance of last Tuesday’s ‘The Supersizers go… Victorian’, where Giles and Sue were transformed into a wealthy middle class couple, with Giles’ thriving manufacturing business, to test the diet of the time. Again it…

John Evelyn and the Restoration diet

Posted by Katherine on June 3, 2008May 30, 2014 in 17th Century, Television

I thought I’d write something about a great programme I saw last week on BBC 2, ‘The Supersizers go…Restoration’, where Giles Coren and Sue Perkins go back to the 17th century to experience the typical diet of the time. They…

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Shouldn’t children find history at home?

Posted by Katherine on May 26, 2008February 12, 2019 in Local, News

I recently came across a great article on The Observer website by historian Tristram Hunt, talking about the lack of knowledge of British history among British children and arguing that: The news that only one-third of Britons can recognise the…

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