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  • Huntley & Palmers provided ordinary and specially made emergency biscuits to the ill-fated British Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole, led by Captain Scott

    Icing on the cake: How Reading’s heritage reaches all corners of the globe.

    8 Sep 2017

    Find out about how a 106 year old Reading-made Huntley & Palmers fruit cake was found near the South Pole!

  • Reading Festival poster 1980

    What links Reading Abbey with show jumping and Reading Festival?

    21 Aug 2017

    As out town prepares to host the annual Reading Festival, we explore how it all came about in 1971.

  • The Forbury Lion and Abbey Gateway

    Maiwand Lion, Reading

    8 Aug 2017

    This blog celebrates of one of Reading’s most iconic felines - the Maiwand or Forbury Lion.

  • Early Loans Box from Reading Museum

    All about the loan service

    6 Aug 2017

    Reading Museum has delivered a loan service to schools for almost as long as it has existed.

  • Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin on a Congo trading steamer

    Is the heart of darkness found inside an H&P biscuit tin?

    3 Aug 2017

    Find out about how Joseph Conrad saw a humble Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin as a symbol of European colonial power in Africa.

  • A thumb piano

    A sound of Africa and a taste of home

    31 Jul 2017

    An unusual musical instruments made from a humble biscuit tin shows the links between Reading to west Africa in the 1900s.

  • factory visitors with locomotive

    Huntley & Palmers FA Cup tin

    19 Apr 2017

    Before 2015 the last time Reading FC reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup was in the 1926-7 season.

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