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More Jam Tomorrow is taking a two-episode break. We'll be back in less than a month, on 28th August. In the meantime, I have one big ask. Please let me know if you would support a fifth series of Jam. Just go to and hit the link at the top of the page that says "Have Your Say on Series 5." Or just click here: See you on 28th August, when we'll be back with episode eight.
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Fish
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Pound for pound, fish is small fry for the British economy – but it has long been vital to our sense of sovereignty. From skirmishes with Dutch boats to the Cod Wars and Brexit, Ros Taylor finds out why fish matter so much to us. Maritime historian Richard Blakemore and marine biologist Bryce Stewart join the show. is an Associate Professor in social and maritime history at the University of Reading. He’s the author of , published by Pegasus Books. is a senior research fellow at the Marine Biological Association. Voiceovers are by . The MPs quoted are James Johnson...
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Servants
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“No matter how hard you work or how capable you are, you can't do it all yourself. You have to seek reliable help.” Those were Margaret Thatcher’s words in 1990. Who are the ‘help’? How did they enable women to have successful careers? Ros Taylor talks to Lucy Delap and Emma Casey about how the servant died out after the two world wars – but domestic help never went away. Lucy Delap is Professor in Modern British and Gender History at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of . Emma Casey is the author of . She is a reader in sociology at the...
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Cannabis
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Cannabis. It’s illegal in the UK without a prescription – and despite decriminalisation abroad, it’s likely to stay that way. When did people start smoking cannabis in Britain? Why is the law against it so patchily enforced — but apparently impossible to repeal? Ros Taylor talks to Prof Toby Seddon and former stoner Ian Dunt about the weed. Keep More Jam Tomorrow going by contributing to our tip jar at . Sweet. is Professor of Social Science, head of the UCL Social Research Unit and the author of (Oxford University Press). is a journalist and author....
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Trident
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Seventy years ago, on an island off Australia, we started something we couldn’t finish. This is the story of Britain’s nuclear deterrent, Trident — why we have it and why we can’t let go of it. Keep More Jam Tomorrow going by contributing to our tip jar at . Sweet. is Director of the Conflict Research Programme at LSE IDEAS. Dr Matthew Grant is Reader and Head of the School of Philosophy, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex. His forthcoming book Britain's Cold War Home Front: Citizens and the State will be published by Oxford University Press, and...
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Teeth
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When you need to see a GP, you can - though you might have to wait a couple of weeks. But half the people who need an NHS dentist have no realistic chance of finding one. Tooth pain is agonising. So why is dentistry so neglected by the government? Is it because we prefer to think bad teeth are … well … probably your own fault? Ros Taylor asks professor of dentistry Ian Mills why it’s so hard to find an NHS dentist and how the way we think about our teeth has changed since the war. And Dr Charlotte Sleigh tells the story of the furious campaign against...
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Curry
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Queen Victoria loved a curry, but it took the entrepreneurial efforts of South Asian migrants for it to become part of the British diet. How did it go from Windsor Castle to M&S ready meals and Dishoom? Ros Taylor looks at how curry got political with historian Shrabani Basu and Professor Anand Menon of King’s College, London. You can support More Jam Tomorrow at Show Notes is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London and the director of The UK in a Changing Europe. is the author of . Lord Soper’s speech is on Hansard. I am also...
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Channel Tunnel
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Episode 1: Channel Tunnel How did the Channel Tunnel get built? And why has it not quite lived up to its promise? You can support More Jam Tomorrow at Show notes Jon Worth . The opening speech is from Shakespeare’s Richard II. I am grateful to Terry Gourvish, the author of (Routledge) for insights into the long process of getting the tunnel built. is available at the Internet Archive. I also drew on , BNP Paribas’ , at Public Domain Review, material from the and from 1975. Politicians’ speeches are from Hansard. The features Antoine de Caunes.
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Season 4 Teaser
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How did it feel to watch the Channel Tunnel breaking through? The NHS made dentistry free – so why were British teeth still so bad? And what did police find at Club Eleven in 1950 that would change how we saw the world? All this and more in season 4 of MORE JAM TOMORROW. Subscribe now to get every episode. Support the newly independent podcast at and get a shout out on the next episode.
info_outlinePound for pound, fish is small fry for the British economy – but it has long been vital to our sense of sovereignty. From skirmishes with Dutch boats to the Cod Wars and Brexit, Ros Taylor finds out why fish matter so much to us. Maritime historian Richard Blakemore and marine biologist Bryce Stewart join the show.
Richard Blakemore is an Associate Professor in social and maritime history at the University of Reading. He’s the author of Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Piracy, published by Pegasus Books.
Bryce Stewart is a senior research fellow at the Marine Biological Association.
Voiceovers are by Seth Thévoz. The MPs quoted are James Johnson (Kingston-upon-Hull West), Patrick Wall (Haltemprice) and John Prescott (Kingston-upon-Hull East).
The extract from the Shipping Forecast is from a five-hour YouTube compilation.
I drew on The fishing industry (Commons Library), The Cod Wars Explained (Imperial War Museum), Rethinking Sovereignty and Security at the Maritime Frontier (Coventry University), Fisheries Management in United Kingdom Waters After Brexit (Robin Churchill), Eaux britanniques: les poissons de la discorde (France Culture), and The Sovereignty of the Sea (T W Fulton).
MORE JAM TOMORROW was written and presented by Ros Taylor. The producer was David Turnbull. Music was by Dubstar. MORE JAM TOMORROW is a KTC production.