Andrew Simpson

The new series on the history of what we wore, Knitting Patterns. Now the clue is in the word coupon when pretty much everything was...

Now I know Christmas is behind us, but in the cold bleak month of January I would still be reading the books I had been given as presents...

Now this is one I am listening to. And Now Win the Peace, Labour Party Poster, for the 1945 General Election  It is the story of Britain aft...

It is now a full 77 years since the Ministry of Food issued the penultimate in its Cookery Calendar set of leaflets showcasing seasonal rec...

An occasional look at the advice issued by the Ministry of Food in the years directly after the last world war. Britain continued to ratio...

Food and the way we prepare it is one of those instant clues to how we live. So the rise of the “all in one TV dinner” and Vesta Curr...

Now, always wanting a challenge, yesterday I decided to try again and make some homemade orange curd, and to make it just that bit more int...

An occasional series showing adverts in the year I was born. It was ten years since the last world war began and only 4 years since it...

Saving the copper, date unknown Now there will be those who mutter this is not really much to do with history. But there I would di...

Low Visibility, 1953 A political cartoon has a short life. What was relevant, funny and to the point will quickly become quite incomp...

An occasional series showing adverts in the year I was born. It was ten years since the last world war began and only 4 years since it...

An occasional series showing adverts in the year I was born. It was ten years since the last world war began and only 4 years since it...

An occasional series showing adverts in the year I was born. It was ten years since the last world war began and only 4 years since it ...

A n occasional series showing adverts in the year I was born. It was ten years since the last world war began and only 4 years since it...

An occasional series showing adverts in the year I was born . It was ten years since the last world war began and only 4 years since it...

An occasional series showing adverts in the year I was born. It was ten years since the last world war began and only 4 years since it ...

An occasional series showing adverts in the year I was born. It was ten years since the last world war began and only 4 years since it...

Now jam making is one of those activities that opens you up to ridicule and all too often is associated with people of a certain age who ha...

An occasional look at the advice issued by the Ministry of Food in the years directly after the last world war. Britain continued to ratio...

An occasional look at the advice issued by the Ministry of Food in the years directly after the last world war. Britain continued to rati...