Sugar – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by Professor James Walvin

Tuesday 24 November 2020
Walvin
Walvin

Cane sugar, introduced from the East, was initially a luxury affordable only by the rich. But the African slave trade created a mass market via slave grown sugar in the Caribbean and Brazil.

Within a century, sugar was established as an essential ingredient in the food and drinks of people the world over. Today, it is accepted as a major health problem – courtesy of modern industrialised foodstuffs and fizzy drinks. How did this happen?

Professor of History Emeritus, University of York, currently Distinguished Fellow in the Culture of the Americas at the Huntington Library California. Walvin has published more than 40 books and was awarded an OBE in 2008 for his services to scholarship.

More Upcoming Talks

Talks are held in the Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, starting at 8pm.

Complimentary tea and coffee are available from 7.15pm.

29 Sep
2020

The Wars of 9/11 – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by General Sir Robert Fry

Tuesday 29 September 2020
An account of the wars started by the 9/11 attacks and their place in history.
13 Oct
2020

Marie Stopes: Her Life and Times 1880-1958 – POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE DUE TO PANDEMIC

by David Carter

Tuesday 13 October 2020
Marie Stopes known as a birth control pioneer was also a respected paleobotanist and Portland Museum’s founder and first curator.