Event Details
Scriptorium Sessions
£12
Award-winning third-generation baker David Wright traces the story of bread from the first cultivated grains of the Fertile Crescent in c.8000 BC to the rise of industrial sliced loaves in the 1960s and today’s sourdough revival.
What role did bread play in ancient Egypt and Rome, the Great Fire of London, the Peterloo Massacre or conflicts today in Ukraine and Gaza? And what does the future hold for the humble loaf?
The talk is followed by an artisan bread and pastry tasting in the scriptorium from 3:30 – 4 pm.
