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 Nash'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
SMOKEHOUSE TALES: GERRY SKEWS
A new Lowestoft smoker, an old smokehouse and red herrings among the kippers, bloaters and many other hot and cold smoked products
SMOKEHOUSE TALES: WILL BUCKENHAM
One of the last red herring smokers, Will Buckenham in Lowestoft produces these, along with bloaters and kippers in the country's oldest working smokehouse
WHITE HERRING
On the nature of white herring, its international markets and its historical underachievement with the Great British public