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Cake : A Global History by Nicola Humble
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
What birthday, wedding, bar mitzvah or children's party would be complete without a cake? In nutritional terms cake is completely unnecessary, and yet it plays a crucial role in celebrations and rituals within the majority of cultures around the world. Despite being such a popular foodstuff, however, ca ...Show more
The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s To 1950s - Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism by Nicola Humble
Category: Politics
Middlebrow has always been a dirty word, used disparagingly since its coinage in the mid-1920s for the sort of literature thought to be too easy, insular and smug. Aiming to rehabilitate the feminine middlebrow, Nicola Humble argues that the novels of writers such as Rosamund Lehmann, Elizabeth Taylor, ...Show more
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