Homemade Georgian Winter Cheese
1/8/2026 12:08 PM

As part of their project working with the Royal Berkshire Archive (RBA) for the module HS2GPP: Going Public, Part 2 undergraduate students examined an 18th century cookbook. Today, Anna Puckey and Henry Merison share one of the seasonal recipes they found. What is a Winter Cheese? The Hunter Cookbook (D/EZ224/1) provides us with a fascinating insight […]

A Georgian Cookbook Mystery
1/6/2026 2:53 PM

As part of their project working with the Royal Berkshire Archive (RBA) for the module HS2GPP: Going Public, Part 2 undergraduate students Becky Storey and Eleanor Davis examined an 18th century cookbook. Read about the mysteries they uncovered below… Early modern recipe (‘receipt’) books provide fantastic insight into the real, personal lives of our ancestors. […]

Six Things You Ought to Know About Being Working Class at the University of Reading … and One Hope for the Future
11/17/2025 9:49 AM

As part of the University’s Centenary Celebrations, a team led by David Stack in History has been researching the experiences of students and staff from working-class backgrounds at the University of Reading. Beginning with the widening participation roots of the University in the 1890s Oxford Extension movement and coming right up to date with policy recommendations […]

Abbie Tibbott – What does the literature tell us about supporting working class students?
11/12/2025 12:00 PM

As part of the University’s Centenary Celebrations, a team led by David Stack in History has been researching the experiences of students and staff from working-class backgrounds at the University of Reading. Beginning with the widening participation roots of the University in the 1890s Oxford Extension movement and coming right up to date with policy recommendations […]

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