Food & Drink

Janet MacDonald looks at the surprisingly good rations that kept the Jack-Tars jolly.

Paul Brassley puts MAFF's policy towards Foot and Mouth Disease into historical perspective.

Ron Noon explains the birth and examines the impact of a potent symbol of free enterprise.

Robin Bruce Lockhart celebrates the past and present of the immortal dram and its historic links with our seasonal festivities at Christmas and New Year.

A look into the Henry Ford’s European Conservation Awards, which pays tribute to the history of ordinary life.

Madelon Powers explains how bold women carved out their own space in the saloons of America.

James Driver gains an insight into current food controversies from the Victorians.

The production of gin was actively encouraged in Britain during the Restoration period, but its increasing grip on the London poor had disastrous effects for the following century. Thomas Maples examines the gin problem and what it took to stem the flow.

'The bread and butter of life' - Martin Pugh traces how the increasing electoral importance of food and domestic issues in Britain helped to entrench women in the mainstream of political life.