A IS FOR A BEGINNING
On the fossil origins of herring in the Sea of Tethys, on the geographical spread of the Clupeidae and, in particular, our hero Clupea harengus
KIPPER
Oh! The kipper! One of the greatest inventions of the Railway Age! Its Northumbrian origins, preparation, variety and history explored
NASHES LENTEN STUFFE
A brief account of the writing of Thomas Nash's extraordinary late C16th work; its scurrilous red herring origin story extracted in full
WHEN HERRINGS LIVED ON DRY LAND
A curious Estonian folk song telling us both why the herring swims in the sea and why the sea is salty