Bread and Thread

#104 – Strawberries 30.06.2024 45:51 ↓

Happy summer! It's time for strawberries and gazpacho

#103 – WW2 Clothes Rationing and Utility Clothing 16.06.2024 36:00 ↓

We're back! It's time to learn about gasmask bags, illegal turnups, and Winston Churchill's custom onsie

#102 – Smocking 21.04.2024 43:22 ↓

Don't get your clothes in a bunch! Or if you need to, make it pretty

#101 – Ambergris 07.04.2024 35:07 ↓

What smells bad, is legally complicated, and is a key part of high-end perfumes?

#100 – Episode 100 24.03.2024 35:03 ↓

We made it to 100 episodes! This one's a bit different, as we answer your questions

#99 – Tiramisu 10.03.2024 46:54 ↓

Episode Notes This episode features wall to wall dessert controversy. Local larder: tres leches

#98 – Shisha and Elytra Embroidery 11.02.2024 39:14 ↓

More shiny things to put on clothing, and a new year soup

#97 – Sequins 14.01.2024 46:11 ↓

Let's add some sparkle to the new year!

#96 – Tablet Weaving 17.12.2023 51:13 ↓

Jimmy the Welsh Viking is back to tell us about tablet weaving

#95 – Julia Child 03.12.2023 27:45 ↓

In which Liz decides they really need to watch Julie and Julia

#94 – Cockles 19.11.2023 38:38 ↓

Enjoy a tiny shellfish, and a big layered bird

#93 – Company Towns 05.11.2023 42:08 ↓

What's a model village when it's not a tiny town? How do you owe your soul to a company store? What would you eat in a logging camp?

#92 – Love Spoons 22.10.2023 46:06 ↓

You've heard of spooning romantically? Now get ready for romantic spoons!

#91 – Sycamores 08.10.2023 47:05 ↓

Since sycamores have been in the news, let's see exactly what they are

#90 – The Book of Margery Kempe 24.09.2023 34:56 ↓

Mediaeval merchant, mystic, and pilgrim, and the subject of the earliest survivial autobiography in English

#89 – Opus Anglicanum 10.09.2023 48:09 ↓

Time to discuss some mediaeval masterwork V&A link: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/opus-anglicanum-masterpieces-of-english-medieval-embroidery

#88 – Naan 13.08.2023 34:20 ↓

Bread of kings and king of breads, it's time for naan

#87 – Stagecoaches 30.07.2023 49:41 ↓

What's a coaching inn? Where did old-timey people put their luggage? What the heck is lutefisk? Answers to all these questions and more, this episode!

#86 – Resist Dyeing 02.07.2023 44:39 ↓

Tie-dying and friends from around the world

#85 – Lark Rise to Candleford 18.06.2023 1:01:35 ↓

This time, the book's a memoir. Let's get idyllic

#84 – Yeast 04.06.2023 46:07 ↓

We round off our hat-trick of bread episodes by discussing that wonderful fungus, yeast

#83 – Sourdough 21.05.2023 55:15 ↓

The breadening continues! Let's get sour

#82 – Sliced Bread and the Chorleywood Process 07.05.2023 45:13 ↓

We finally talked about bread!

#81 – Three Stories 23.04.2023 1:09:02 ↓

Three food-related stories, and the ballad of buffalo wings

#80 – Elizabeth Raffald 09.04.2023 1:16:45 ↓

With guest Dr Neil Buttery, whose book "Before Mrs. Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England's Most Influential Housekeeper" is out now! Digitised 1st edition of The Experienced English Housekeeper (1769):  https://archive.org/details/experiencedengl01raffgoog/page/n9/mode/2up   Zoom talk on Elizabeth 26 April at 7pm (BST) - free tickets can be had via Eventbrite here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-...