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Historian Annie Gray takes us down the street and through the ages, from medieval marketplaces to the purpose-built concrete precincts of the 20th century. Peeping through the windows of tailors, tearooms and grocers, we explore everything from the toyshops of yesteryear - where curiosities were sold for adults, not children - to the birth of brands we shop at today.

Victory in the Kitchen is a culinary biography: a life lived through food, ranging from rural Berkshire to wartime London, via Belle Epoque Paris and prohibition-era New York. While Georgina Landemare saw herself as ordinary, her accomplishments, and the life she lived, were anything but. She started her career as a nursemaid and ended it cooking for one of the best-known figures in British history, Winston Churchill, a man to whom food was central as a diplomatic tool in a time when the world was embroiled in a worldwide war.

Danger lurks everywhere, especially in the places you feel safest. There was no denying the gravitational pull Lily and Adrian have always felt towards each other. Unfortunately, the timing wasn't right for these childhood sweethearts. After going through the unimaginable, they drifted apart only staying in-touch through occasional messages. They allowed the trauma to fuel their spirits, both vowing to never let themselves feel weak ever again.

What happens on the mission field... you can hear on our podcast! Current and former missionaries share their funny, inspiring, and daily life experiences from the field. Join Doug Gehman, Annie Rose, the Globe Staff and missionaries from around the world sharing and discussing what it’s really like to be a missionary.