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Forme of Cury with Christopher Monk
Season 2 Episode 2
Forme of Cury with Christopher Monk
In episode two of the second season Neil chats to food
historian, chef and scholar Dr Christopher Monk about the first cookbook
written in the English language: Forme…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Gingerbread with Sam Bilton
Season 2 Episode 1
Gingerbread with Sam Bilton
In the first episode of the second season Neil chats to food historian, cook and chef, Sam Bilton, author of gingerbread cookbook ‘First Catch Your Gingerbread’. We talked …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Lent episode 7: Lent Comes to an End
Season 1 Episode 7
Originally released 4 Apr 2020.
*Best listened to on the sixth and final Sunday of Lent*
In the final episode of the season, we look at how the last Sunday of Lent was marked in the past, focussing on …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Lent episode 6: Social Evolution & Lent
Season 1 Episode 6
*Best listened to on the fifth Sunday of Lent*
In the penultimate episode of the first season, we look at what goes on in the fifth Sunday of Lent, which was called Carlin Sunday in some parts of Brit…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Lent episode 5: Lent & Health
Season 1 Episode 5
Originally released 22 Mar 2020.
*Best listened of the fourth Sunday of Lent (Mothering Sunday)*
In the fifth episode of the season we look at Mid-Lent Sunday, traditionally a day where lots of differe…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Lent episode 4: The Natural History of Lent
Season 1 Episode 4
Originally released 15 Mar 2020.
*Best listened to on the third Sunday of Lent*
In part four, we look at how Lent was dumbed down over the years from extremely strict to almost non-existent. Then Neil …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Lent episode 3: Pagan Lent & Easter
Season 1 Episode 3
Originally released 8 Mar 2020.
*Best listened to on the second Sunday of Lent*
In this episode we look at Pagan aspects of Lent and Easter that have endured to the modern day and investigate how the C…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Lent episode 2: The History of Lent
Season 1 Episode 2
Originally released 1 Mar 2020
*Best listened to on the first Sunday of Lent*
This episode explores Ember Week, a nod to the coming of Spring always observed in the first full week of Lent. We see how …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Lent episode 1: Preparing for Lent
Season 1 Episode 1
Originally released 19 Feb 2020
*Best listened to the Sunday before Lent starts (i.e. Sunday before Pancake Day)
This first episode explores all the things traditionally happen (and are eaten) before t…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago