London’s water

Our resident food historian on how the capital went from epidemics caused by faulty sewage to enjoying one of the safest tipples around

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The Joys of Sludge

Our resident food historian on beauty in beige, and why ordinary folks in the Middle Ages had it right with their ‘dreary but delicious’ diet

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All the fun of the furlough

Our resident food historian takes us through the intrepid legionary’s enforced break, during which he keeps himself busy with sidelines in saffron and fish sauce

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