Tastes Of HistoryJun 19, 2020Dispelling Some Myths: The Game of QuoitsThe history of the game of quoits appears, on the face of it, to have an ancient origin. At least that is what you would believe from...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 19, 2020Collop MondayIn an earlier post (Daily Meals in Tudor England) mention was made of 'Collop Monday', the day before Shrove Tuesday, in connection with...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 19, 2020From the Supply Reserve DepotSuccess! For some time now, we have been searching for a stoneware jar marked with the letters 'SRD' to complement Tastes Of History’s...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 18, 2020Christmas?Ever wondered where Christmas comes from? After all we have been celebrating a mid-winter festival for millennia. According to the latest...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 18, 2020Dispelling Some Myths: Britain's "Secret Service"?Yet another TV drama refers to Britain's Secret Service, but why? Britain has not had a 'secret service' since the end of the Second...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 18, 2020Home Front 1918With 2018 marking the centenary of the end of the Great War, at Waddesdon Manor we recreated a taste of the Home Front in 1918. Many of...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 18, 2020An Elizabethan PageantIn 1563, Elizabeth I (r.1558–1603) granted Kenilworth to her childhood friend and favourite, Robert Dudley, the soon to be Earl of...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 18, 2020Daily Bread: Meals in Tudor EnglandMost people are familiar with the idea of eating breakfast, lunch and dinner (or breakfast, dinner and tea, if you prefer [1]). In Tudor...
Tastes Of HistoryJun 18, 2020Britain's Most Historic Towns: ChesterThe first episode of Britain's Most Historic Towns aired on April 8th, 2018 on Channel 4. We had the pleasure of working alongside the...