That sunny morning of 10 August 1535 there was great excitement throughout the Charterhouse. The monks, the landowners and the many workers employed by them were mobilized to face an extraordinary...

The “cart wheels” weigh six kilos, but the most common size is two kilos. Round loaves, of wheat and soft flour, risen with sourdough and baked in wood –fired oven : this is the bread which has made...