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As pupils across the UK head back to school, new research reveals canteen choices can shape children’s lives for decades, and argues universal school meals are the key to ending the long-standing stig...

Wake up with a smile with Ellie and everything you need to know in South Yorkshire.

London Group of Historical Geographers Seminar

When people remember school dinners they remember how they made them feel as much as what they ate.

Published in History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society (Vol. 55, No. 3, 2026)

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Guests, great music, updates and your stories for your mid-morning with Paulette.

The School Meals Service: Past, Present – and Future? Through a combination of historical and ethnographic approaches, our project seeks to discover the impact of the School Meals Service upon schools...

This article explores the sensory and emotional dimensions of the UK School Meals Service (SMS) since 1944, arguing that the lived experiences of pupils, teachers, parents, catering staff, and poli...

Royal Historical Society public lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Institute of Education, UCL

This article probes the potential of emotional and experiential histories of education. London children’s school essays on their experiences in the First World War, their stories, their dreams and ...

Fancy writing something for our blog? We would love to hear from you! We are looking for blog posts of 500-1200 words on any topic or theme related to the history of education.

Sheila Dillon investigates how school food has evolved and how it inspires what we eat now