Day: November 25, 2020

Robin and Simpkin: millers and thieves in the Canterbury Tales

Millers in medieval times were often stereotyped as rogues and thieves. Two vivid descriptions of contemporary medieval millers appear in...

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Thomas Cogan (1545-1607): Brown bread is good for the digestion

Thomas Cogan (Coghan) observed in his book The Haven of Health (published in 1584) that: Browne bread made of the...

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John Figgis Morton (1872-1958)

or Mr Hovis and the triumph of advertising brown bread Hovis is a distinctive brand of brown bread. However, it...

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