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#33 – Broadsides
Early modern zines and German mac n cheese (ok it doesn't quite rhyme, so sue me) Liz's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbIItkniRXxAnsBuG3d-0fg...
#32 – Nålbinding
What is the earliest yarncraft? What kind of socks did vikings wear? And what on Earth is #FreeCuthbert? With special guest The Welsh Viking https://www.justgiving.com/thewelshviki...
#31 – Sumptuary Laws
What do 12th century English castles, 14th century Chinese graves, and 16th century French turbot have in common? And what exactly is a haggis?...
#30 – The Book of the Courtier
A book of manners from 1520s Italy Why you should taketh thou lady swimming, buy those nice garters, and avoid leather tank tops outside of Lombardy...
#29 – Eating Chocolate
How we got chocolate bars, and a cake not named after a pretender to the throne...
#28 – Hot Cocoa
What do Mother's Day (today in the UK) and Easter have in common? Chocolate! Learn who vowed never to drink the stuff, and who made a chocolate...apple?...
#27 – Tyrian Purple
How a colour almost extincted (is that a word?) a species, and the world's best cheese on toast...
#26 – Tea
How did Britain become a nation of tea-drinkers? Why is there a statue of a cuttlefish in Setúbal, Portugal?...
#25 – Therese de Dillmont's Encyclopedia of Needlework
An 1880s embroidery idol...
#24 – Tin Openers
Discover what Hazel will do for soup, and the origin of sloe gin...
#23 – Christmas Pudding
What exactly is a pudding? And what exactly is Irn-Bru? patreon.com/breadandthread...
#22 – Forks
Discover which actual real life saint was anti-fork. Also, eels!...
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