SALT
An 8,000 year history of salt and salt pickling, paying particular attention to the preservation of herrings by the German Hanse, the Dutch and the British.
SARDINES
The sardine in cans, on the slab and in popular culture; the limits of self-identification for herrings and non-European pilchards
SCANIA FISHERY
The story of the first great empire-shaping herring fishery together with historical and scientific speculations on its rise and its fall
SMITH, ADAM: WEALTH OF NATIONS
In which we explore the curious errors and omissions in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations herring thinking
SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS
Charles I, The Stuarts, Maritime sovereignty, the herring and the building of a flagship
SUFFERING SALTWORKERS OF SHIELDS
C19th/C20th Scottish herring industry dominance linked to the Siege of Newcastle and suffering South Shields saltworkers
ULLAPOOL
The story of a herring port, built with what seemed the best of intentions, but without consideration for the fish's noted unreliability
WEDGWOOD
In which we lust after that object of desire, the Wedgwood Queen's Ware herring dish (c 1780)
WITCHCRAFT
The role of herrings in England's penultimate witch trial and the subsequent part the narrative played in shaping the hysteria in Salem
X, CRUX OR KRUIS BRAND
An entry that possibly should have been filed under C, but which spuriously allows alphabetic completism
ZULU
A compromise between the Fifie and the Scaffie, a boat with a popular design which didn't adapt well to the introduction of steam
ZUYDERZEE
Home to a once distinct population of inshore herrings lost to the dyke building tendencies of The Netherlands