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Charlie Taverner

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Charlie Taverner talks 'Street Food'...with TRE's Giles Brown

Charlie Taverner talks ‘Street Food’…with TRE’s Giles Brown

Liam Dutton

Matt Cain

James Yorkston

YolanDa Brown

Felicity Kendal

Clive Anderson and YolanDa Brown are joined by Felicity Kendal, Liam Dutton, Matt Cain and Charlie Taverner for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.  With music from James Yorkston and Nina Persson and Ana Moura.

Felicity Kendal, Liam Dutton, Charlie Taverner, Matt Cain, James Yorkston and Nina Persson, Ana Moura, YolanDa Brown

Happy New Year! In the first episode of 2023 Neil talks to historian Charlie Taverner about London’s street food sellers. Charlie’s book ‘Street Food: Hawkers and the History of London’ is published by Oxford University Press on the 12th of January 2023, and it looks at every aspect of sellers’ lives from the latter 16th to the early 20th century.They talked about how one approaches collecting data from so long a period; what was meant by the terms hawker, costermonger and fishwife; their importance to London society and economy; ice cream; fruit; and the logistics of delivering fresh milk to an ever-growing population. Find Charlie on Twitter: @charlietavernerCharlie’s website: www.charlietaverner.com‘Street Food: Hawkers and the History of London’ is available to buy from all bookshops from 12th January 2023, including Amazon and Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/street-food-hawkers-and-the-history-of-london/9780192846945Review of Charlie’s book in History Today: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/hawk-wayThings mentioned in today’s episode:Volume 1 of ‘London Labour and the London Poor’ by Henry Mayhew e-book: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor_the_Co/mO09AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwivqZbGmr_8AhWZ_7sIHdq_CF8QiqUDegQIDRAC ‘Food Cult’, the Irish food project Charlie is involved in: https://foodcult.eu Neil’s book A Dark History of Sugar is available now from all bookshops as well as from the publisher Pen &amp; Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481 If you want to buy a signed copy directly from Neil for £18 + postage (£2.85 if within the UK, the going rate if outside!). Contact him via email or social media if you fancy it (see below).Also, don’t forget there will be another postbag episode at the end of the season. If you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or find me on twitter @neilbuttery, or Instagram dr_neil_buttery my DMs are open. You can now find me at Mastodon too: @neilbuttery@mastodon.gastrokon.com.Join the new British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistoryIf you like my blog posts and podcast episodes, please consider a monthly subscription or buying me a virtual coffee or a pint? Go to https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/ for more details.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Happy New Year! In the first episode of 2023 Neil talks to historian Charlie Taverner about London’s street food sellers. Charlie’s book ‘Street Food: Hawkers and the History of London’ is published by Oxford University Press on the 12th of January 2023, and it looks at every aspect of sellers’ lives from the latter 16th to the early 20th century.They talked about how one approaches collecting data from so long a period; what was meant by the terms hawker, costermonger and fishwife; their importance to London society and economy; ice cream; fruit; and the logistics of delivering fresh milk to an ever-growing population. Find Charlie on Twitter: @charlietaverner Charlie’s website: <a href="http://www.charlietaverner.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.charlietaverner.com</a> ‘Street Food: Hawkers and the History of London’ is available to buy from all bookshops from 12th January 2023, including Amazon and <a href="http://Bookshop.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a>: <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/street-food-hawkers-and-the-history-of-london/9780192846945" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/street-food-hawkers-and-the-history-of-london/9780192846945</a> Review of Charlie’s book in History Today: <a href="https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/hawk-way" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/hawk-way</a> Things mentioned in today’s episode: Volume 1 of ‘London Labour and the London Poor’ by Henry Mayhew e-book: <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor_the_Co/mO09AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwivqZbGmr_8AhWZ_7sIHdq_CF8QiqUDegQIDRAC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor_the_Co/mO09AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwivqZbGmr_8AhWZ_7sIHdq_CF8QiqUDegQIDRAC</a>  ‘Food Cult’, the Irish food project Charlie is involved in: <a href="https://foodcult.eu/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://foodcult.eu</a> Neil’s book A Dark History of Sugar is available now from all bookshops as well as from the publisher Pen &amp; Sword: <a href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481</a> If you want to buy a signed copy directly from Neil for £18 + postage (£2.85 if within the UK, the going rate if outside!). Contact him via email or social media if you fancy it (see below). Also, don’t forget there will be another postbag episode at the end of the season. If you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or find me on twitter @neilbuttery, or Instagram dr_neil_buttery my DMs are open. You can now find me at Mastodon too: @neilbuttery@mastodon.gastrokon.com.Join the new British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/britishfoodhistory</a> If you like my blog posts and podcast episodes, please consider a monthly subscription or buying me a virtual coffee or a pint? Go to <a href="https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/</a> for more details.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - <a href="https://chartable.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chartable.com/privacy</a>