Diane Purkiss discusses English Food: A People’s History taking audiences on a unique journey through the centuries, exploring the development of recipes and rituals for mealtimes such a breakfast, lunch and dinner, to show how food is both a reflection of and inspiration for social continuity and change.

Diane is in conversation with Lucy Lethbridge author of the brilliantly entertaining and authoritative history of two centuries of British tourism in continental Europe, Tourists:  How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves.This event is sure to satiate food lovers and historians alike!

 ‘Absolute gem . . . English Food is a fabulous read. A richly entertaining and enlightening social history of England . . . Superb’  – Sunday Times

Age Recommendation 14+