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A hankering for fresh herring and the proper British name for ‘sea bass’ | Letters

Elaine Hoare recalls her mother buying five fish for a shilling, while Michael Heaton draws readers’ attention to an Americanism Your article (Whale meat curry for dinner? Study of bygone seafood reci…

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The Guardian United Kingdom · 20 October 2026

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