Tastes Of HistoryNov 21, 2022A Brief History of Food: Victorian InnovationThe Sun never sets When Victoria succeeded to the throne in 1837, Britain was already a global maritime trading power. From the late...
Tastes Of HistoryNov 7, 2022About History: the Scold’s BridleThe ‘Scold’s Bridle’, sometimes known as ‘The Gossip’s Bridle’, was a punishment used officially and unofficially in England to...
Tastes Of HistoryNov 1, 2022Ladies, Lamps and the Crimean WarThe Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18th, 1815, saw the final defeat and exile of Napoleon Bonaparte. Out of a common fear of...
Tastes Of HistoryOct 31, 2022A Brief History of Food: The Mediæval KitchenPossibly the most significant year in English history, 1066, saw the end of Anglo-Saxon England and start of the reigns of first the...