With Christmas being just over five weeks away, and faced with a quieter weekend than normal, it seemed an opportune moment to make this year’s Christmas cake. Continue reading “Christmas Cake – again”
Tag: Charlotte Bronte
Mothers and food
With today being Mother’s Day (traditionally known as Mothering Sunday) in the UK, my thoughts went to mothers in literature and the extent to which they are portrayed as food providers and cooks for their children. Continue reading “Mothers and food”
Christmas Cake 2020
When I previously posted about Christmas cake it was in relation to Jane Eyre. In Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 novel, Jane’s making of a Christmas cake for her newly discovered family, the Rivers, demonstrates both her new wealth and the fact she has found her identity and at last feels she belongs somewhere. Continue reading “Christmas Cake 2020”
The State of the Nation novel: part one
As well as telling great stories about complex characters, many novels are interested in the social questions and political changes of their time. As in the title of Anthony Trollope’s highly-acclaimed 1875 novel, such writers explore The Way We Live Now. Continue reading “The State of the Nation novel: part one”