When Delia Smith first began writing, the industrial revolution, two world wars, food rationing and the removal of cookery lessons from schools interrupted those skills being handed down through generations. Her goal then was to help reinstate the basics of cooking and to remove people's fear. The response was huge change. Her work was so influential that she had her own entry in the dictionary - 'doing a Delia'.
In this book Delia calls for an even greater change. 'I have written this book in an attempt to find answers for ordinary people like myself who are realising the world under its present political systems is not functioning. Our societies have fallen into the hands of tyrants and billionaires who care nothing for the violations they inflict on the population. Neither do they care about the very grave and dangerous effects of climate issues. What are the root causes of this chaos and disorder? How can we join forces in unity and solidarity in order to devise, create and initiate a politics of the people?'
Delia shares with us what she has learned from a long and eventful life, from navigating London as a teenager to watching pasta being made by the Mediterranean sea. She reflects on what it means to be a human person, how goodness and kindness are eclipsed by oppression and confusion and that true politics can only come from the people. Short, moving and powerful, these nine essays will change the way you think about our future.
