The remarkable lives and times of Georgina Landemare and Florence White.
This is an online event hosted on the British Library platform. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time.
In her recently published book,
Victory in the Kitchen, historian and broadcaster Dr Annie Gray introduced the world to the woman who cooked for Winston Churchill, Georgina Landmere. Unexpected, funny and revealing, Annie’s book reveals Churchill’s domestic set up, including during the war years, and tells the story of an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances. While Landmere was cooking for Churchill, one-time governess and shopkeeper Florence White started the English Folk Cookery Association and embarked on a life-long mission to champion, discover and revive traditional English recipes. Although revered by cookery writers like Elizabeth David and Jane Grigson, relatively little is known about White. Histori
Does Lucy Worsley have children?
Lucy and Mark do not have children. Speaking to
The Times back in 2018, Lucy opened up about her decision not to have kids. I don t want it to be the thing that defines me, and I don t think it should be the thing that defines me, and I don t think other people should be interested, she told the publication
. Obviously, I have talked about it in the past, so I can t say I m not going to talk about it anymore, but I was naive. I didn t realise what I was getting into.
The presenter and historian lives in London with her husband Mark