Separating the Weetabix from the Chaff

The hidden history of Britain’s favourite breakfast cereal. Words by Jack Thompson. Illustration by Alex Brenchley.

Good morning and welcome to Vittles. Each Monday we publish a different piece of writing related to food, whether it’s an essay, a dispatch, a polemic, a review, or even poetry. This week, we are publishing two companion pieces on two wheat products in Britain, and the histories of ownership and colonial monopoly that they hold within them.

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