Best of 2024 … so far: Hippy, capitalist, guru, grocer: the forgotten genius who changed British food

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Every Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2024, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. This week, from January: Nicholas Saunders was a counterculture pioneer with an endless stream of quixotic schemes and a yearning to spread knowledge – but his true legacy is a total remaking of the way Britain eats. By Jonathan Nunn. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:09.0	Hello, it's Fern Cotton from a happy place here.
0:12.0	That's the podcast where I talk to
0:14.1	inspirational people about what happiness means to them. The podcast is
0:18.7	currently sponsored by British Airways holidays who want you to take your holidays more seriously.
0:25.2	But it's not just on the Happy Place podcast where British Airways holidays are
0:29.1	collaborating with us. They'll also be joining us this summer for our happy place festivals.
0:34.4	They'll be bringing audiences live recordings of the podcast and some special
0:39.6	surprises too. So whether it's your happy place festival experience or your next trip away
0:44.9	that you want to take more seriously, British Airways holidays have you
0:49.1	covered. To book your next adventure just just head to BA.com
0:53.0	forward slash holidays at all protected.
0:56.0	In Norway, a woman's boyfriend forgets who she is overnight.
1:00.0	In Detroit, a man is arrested, but he was never at the crime scene.
1:04.8	In Spain, disturbing pictures of young girls have appeared, and no one knows who's behind
1:09.7	them.
1:10.7	Something strange is happening.
1:12.4	A collision between people and artificial intelligence.
1:16.0	Discover more in the Guardian series Black Box, chosen as one of Apple Podcasts favorites of 2024 so far.
1:25.0	Listen to the whole series right now, wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, I'm Claire Longrig, Deputy Editor of the Guardian Long Reed.
1:48.0	We've selected some of our favourite pieces of the year so far, and today we have a piece called Hippie Capitalist
1:56.1	Guru Grocer, the forgotten genius who changed British food by Jonathan Nun is the editor of Vittles magazine. He's a proper food writer and
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