BATTLE OF THE HERRINGS (1429)
On the connection between Sir John Fastolf, victor at the Battle of Herrings, and Sir John Falstaff, a large Shakespearean character
EUPHEMISMS
Some of the names given to herrings together with the associated logics and a brief digression on the subject of Bombay duck
HARENG SAUR, LE
In which the current and historical natures of Hareng Saur are considered alongside the proto-surreal works it inspired (Cros, Huysmans, Ensor)
NASHES LENTEN STUFFE
A brief account of the writing of Thomas Nashe's extraordinary late C16th work; its scurrilous red herring origin story extracted in full
RED HERRING
Not just a euphemism for a false trail, but a kind of smoked herring that has probably served as a euphemism for a false trail since at least the C16th
WHITE HERRING
On the nature of white herring, its international markets and its historical underachievement with the Great British public