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Margaret Katherine Black
Margaret Katherine "Maggie" Black (22 September 1921, in Fulham, West London – 5 August 1999, in Wandsworth, South London) was known as a food historian, a leading food writer, and an author of many children's books and plays. Born Margaret Katherine Howorth in 1943 she married Robert Alastair Black (1921 - 1967) in Surrey. After the World War II, Second World War they moved to South Africa where she took a master's degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. They returned to England in 1963 where she published ''No Room for Tourists'' (1965), a semi-biographical account of life under apartheid. In the following years she went on to study in Switzerland and America, writing books on food history and cook books. Selected books * ''No Room for Tourists: A search for an answer to the tensions of Apartheid''. (1965). Margaret Black. London, Secker and Warburg. * ''Mrs Beeton's Favourite Cakes and Breads''. (1972). Mrs. Beeton. Edited By Maggie Black. London, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth, Putney, Barn Elms and the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. on the far side of the river. First recorded by name in 691, Fulham was a manor and ancient parish which originally included Hammersmith. Between 1900 and 1965, it was the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, before its merger with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith created the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (known as the London Borough of Hammersmith from 1965 to 1979). The district is split between the western and south-western postal areas. Fulham has a history of industry and enterprise dating back to the 15th century, with pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing in the 17th and 18th centuries in present-day Fulham High Street, and later involvement in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
