English Food: A Social History of England Told Through the Food on Its Tables

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EU is extremely popular with Polish people – at least according to every single poll. PiS has made it very clear that is fully committed to EU membership. Miranda Seymour Interviewed by Suzi Feay I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys Exeter College: Marquee 2:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this event

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There are two kinds of food historians. Ones who try out the recipes, and the ones who just copy them down. I’m the first kind. So I got really interested in how very few of us there are—there are honourable exceptions. Others will study without ever making their own bread or their own jam, or trying anything out themselves. The 11th century saw the arrival of Scholasticism. Scholastic philosophy meant that all of created nature became an object of scrutiny from which scholastics could create a model that applied to everything. The inquisitorial eye began to fix itself on aspects of folklore that had been smiled away or incorporated into Christian worship in earlier periods. In this delicious history of Britain’s food traditions, Diane Purkiss invites readers on a unique journey through the centuries, exploring the development of recipes and rituals for mealtimes such as breakfast, lunch, and dinner, to show how food has been both a reflection of and inspiration for social continuity and change. Christine Lindey Art for All: British Socially Committed Art from World War Two to the Cold War Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 6:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this eventA rich and indulgent history, English Food will change the way you view your food and understand your past.

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If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month. Thomas Hertog On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this event Boris’s articles were intended to be witty, humorous, a bit of hyperbole, some irony, a lot of tongue in cheek, some nose-tweaking of people who believe being serious all the time makes them look smart. Purkiss was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Roseville College, Our Lady of the Rosary Convent, and Stuartholme School. She received a BA with first class Honours from the University of Queensland and D.Phil. from Merton College, Oxford. She became lecturer in English at the University of East Anglia in 1991, and lecturer in English at the University of Reading in 1993. In 1998 she became Professor of English at Exeter University, before taking up her current post at Keble College in 2000. Let’s move on to your next book recommendation, which is Roger Wells’ Wretched Faces, a history of famine in England. Could you tell us more?

It was a privilege for me to visit the festival to receive the Bodley Medal. As an incidental blessing I saw Oxford at its most mysterious and atmospheric. It was a day of piercing cold and as I walked through the twilight from the Sheldonian to Christ Church, the streets were empty and the whole city was shutting itself away. Christ Church was silent except for the footfall of unseen persons around corners and the sounds of evensong creeping from behind closed doors. For the first time I understood thoroughly the power of college ghost stories. To be clear, I’m not saying I think this is foolish! I disagree with many things that are NOT stupid, and I am not all-knowing. What a delectable banquet of a book this is… This magnificently readable and engaging book (which is also very generously illustrated) sets the record straight and should whet appetites for the attentive, seasonal cooking and gamier flavours of the past” - Literary Review We talked about how she came to live in her Tudor house; how the food changed going in and coming out of the Tudor period; food and the four humours and how ideas about those also changed; favourite cookbooks; fritters; sops; mince pies; cheese; and many other things.

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Tom Gallagher Europe’s Modern Machiavellis: Arrogance and Deception in 20 Political Leaders CANCELLED Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this event This is at least partly a work of fantasy; it’s Markham’s idea of how a household ought to be run, rather than what anyone actually did. Nonetheless what it reminds us of is the attenuated role of the modern housewife in comparison with what it used to be. It used to be like running a small business—you might typically have a staff of between five and five hundred people working for you to manage. And what Markham really clarifies is just how much knowledge this involved.The article defines my own feelings perfectly. I voted for Boris with great enthusiasm for his freewheeling libertarianism, but after his spell in hospital he has turned into a crazed and capricious despot. I have not been so disappointed by a politician in fifty years. To return to idea of ”restorative nostalgia” with regard to Poland’s past, for example: I mean, crikey. Unless we are talking about a wish to return to the golden days of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, surely Poland’s history has been an endless story of oppression by its more powerful neighbours (since the 18th century at least). Apart from periods of independence between 1919 and 1939, and the post-communist era since 1989, I’m not sure where this nostalgia would come from; unless it is nostalgia for a Parisian garret in the 19th century in which one can plot a romantic uprising against the Russians/Prussians or Austrians. Tim Marshall The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space will Change our World SOLD OUT Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this event But it’s wonderful in places, and you can also get fantastic bread in Britain now. But around 90% of the bread flour sold in Britain is augmented with high gluten flour from the Canadian wheat belt. The average gluten content of a loaf made in the 19th century would have been around eight or nine percent. Now, that’s more like eleven to fourteen percent. If you use low-gluten flour, you have to put way more time into baking, spend longer kneading it, give it longer periods of rest, a much longer rise. It’s a much heavier workload for the baker. Before our interview began, you said something interesting about how food history is not really about the food. It’s what the food says about those making or eating it. So I guess we are looking at food as a proxy for other social forces or social factors. Did I get that right?