Spaddles & Sorbets: A History of Ice Cream

Food Historian Dr Annie Gray explores the rich history of a chilly delight.

From delicate dessert tables, to processed wafer cones, ices have been part of the British diet for over 400 years. Yet our modern versions pale compared to the glories of the past. Made with the most basic of equipment, but moulded in ever more intricate ways, and flavoured with combinations we'd not even think of today ices were exciting, exuberant and extraordinarily delicious.

Includes a guest appearance from Lovington's Ice Cream, giving us the opportunity to sample the real thing