Rum

The cornucopia of food advertised by the Empire Marketing Board, 1927‑1933

The fruits of imperialism

2 September 2017 9:00 am

Imagine yourself a middle-class person in England in the 1870s. You sit down to drink a cup of tea while…

The triumph of Guatemalan rum (and a disaster for a Guatemalan ambassador)

11 April 2015 9:00 am

For many years, the Central American republic of Guatemala had a grievance against the United Kingdom. It claimed sovereignty over…