Have now been from London to Salisbury, from Salisbury to Cardiff, Cardiff to Glastonbury and Glastonbury back to London. Dragged a pair of Wellington boots with me the whole way for the Glastonbury festival and then it didn't rain - not once! Apparently that is the first time that's happened in fifteen years or something, very cool, but also annoying due to inconvenience of the wellies. Some fun facts about common expressions: - The expression 'stiff drink' ac...

I have discovered the existence of the occupation 'experimental food historian'. Apparently an experimental food historian researches in crazy crazy detail recipes from the time they're interested in, finds the original cooking utensils from that time, gets craftsmen to painstakingly re-create them, makes the meals in kitchens that are a replica of historical kitchens and even does crazy things like timing how long it would take a servant to take a banquet from p...