Healthy Eating Edwardian Style
Elsa Richardson from the University of Strathclyde looks at the diet guru who set up set up a Covent Garden restaurant and what his story tells us about the history of health.
Elsa Richardson uncovers the early history of the wellbeing industry and introduces Eustace Hamilton Miles, a diet guru who made his name selling health to Edwardian Britons. Reformers promoted the 鈥榮imple life鈥�, one that emphasised fresh air, exercise and the consumption of 鈥榮un-fired鈥� foods such as wholegrains, fruits and vegetables but this 鈥榮imple life鈥� was also a highly profitable enterprise.
Elsa Richardson teaches on the history of the emotions and is a Chancellor鈥檚 Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. The Essay was recorded at this year's Free Thinking Festival with an audience at Sage Gateshead.
New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by 麻豆社 Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select ten academics each year who can turn their research into radio
Producer: Zahid Warley
