Tea!

Thursday, April 22nd, 2021

In this latest episode, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis lift the lid on the unexpected history of TEA! Which is all about seventeenth-century China and the history of medicine; wealth, display and female politeness, smuggling and the eighteenth-century novel. It’s also all about neolithic archaeology, and the Cutty Sark! Who knew!

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