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Event: Being Human Festival
On 02, Nov 2016 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Being Human Festival
Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the British Academy, Being Human is a national forum for public engagement with humanities research. The festival highlights the ways in which the humanities can inspire and enrich our everyday lives, help us to understand ourselves, our relationships with others, and the challenges we face in a changing world.
A number of events will take place at the University of Worcester as part of the festival.
A 1916 foodfest: bread, jam and Christmas puddings
(Bromsgrove)
Thursday 17 November | 18.00–21.00
Potted cheese? Chocolate potato biscuits? Join us for an evening of wartime food tasting and demonstrations exploring what Christmas and everyday life was like 100 years ago. By 1916, the mid-point of the First World War, food shortages had resulted in rising prices and queues for many basic foodstuffs, but with ingenuity and advice housewives nevertheless prepared for Christmas. Bread was central to most people’s diet in this era and by looking at Avoncroft’s local working windmill you can learn about the processes and problems of those on the home-front a century ago. There will be a chance to sample WWI style bread, local jam and Christmas puddings, look at WWI recipes and enter a cake in our WWI bake-off.
Free Admission | Booking required
This event is part of University of Worcester’s series Food Fest
Event enquiries: j.robins@worc.ac.uk
Led by: University of Worcester
In partnership with: Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
Jamfest!
(Worcester)
Saturday 19 November | 11.00–16.00
With naval blockades in place in WW1, Britain was starting the feel the pinch as her food imports dried up. This extra-special event aims to tell the unique story of how the town of Pershore stood up to the tests of war and became the nation’s food basket. Featuring in an exhibition about the famous Pershore plum there will be stories from the Land Girls and Boys Scouts who gathered fruit, jam-tasting and the chance to see and sample some peculiar jam recipes made with salt!
Free Admission | Booking required
This event is part of University of Worcester’s series Food Fest
Event enquiries: j.robins@worc.ac.uk
Led by: University of Worcester
In partnership with: Croome Redefined
Talk and taste: how the Pershore plum won the war
(Worcester)
Monday 21 November | 18.30–20.30
This exhibition and talk explores how life changed for people in one Worcestershire town during the First World War. Pershore residents cultivated and preserved fruit and vegetables to combat wartime food shortages, helped by Land Girls, Boy Scouts, German POWs and Belgian refugees. There will be samples of WW1 food to try accompanied by mulled wine, including jam made from the famous Pershore plums, a staple food for troops during the conflict. It also provides an opportunity to see inside St Swithun’s Church, an impressive Grade I listed Georgian building located in the heart of Worcester.
Free Admission | Booking required
This event is part of University of Worcester’s series Food Fest
Event enquiries: j.robins@worc.ac.uk
Led by: University of Worcester
In partnership with: Churches Conservation Trust
Talk and taste: carrot lollies, Balcony pigs and Woolton Pie
(Worcester)
Thursday 24 November | 12.30–15.00
Food is often overlooked as a weapon of war. However, in this series of activities from the University of Worcester we aim to examine how access to food, and certain types of foodstuffs, shaped everyday life and emotions during World War Two. There will be talks by Dr Lisa Pine on the German Home Front and Elspeth King on rationing in Britain. It will also feature a display of a week’s typical food rations, opportunities to taste some WW2 food, such as carrot marmalade, and a chance to debate how food continues to play a central role in many conflicts. Secondary school and college students are particularly welcome.
Free Admission | Booking required
This event is part of University of Worcester’s series Food Fest
Event enquiries: j.robins@worc.ac.uk
Led by: University of Worcester
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