The Golden Age of British Ice Cream

Cornetto to Magnum: How fifteen influential years changed British culture. Words by Ruby Tandoh. Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.

Good morning and welcome to Vittles. Today’s essay by Ruby Tandoh is about the most influential decade-and-a-half in British ice cream culture — a fertile period from 1976 to 1991 during which most of the ice creams you’ll find in a British freezer today were invented. This essay is adapted from Ruby’s book All Consuming, which was released in paperback…