Clockwise from centre: English Wholemeal Bread, Harvest Loaf, Saffron Bread, Cottage Loaf Barley Bannock, Split Tin Loaves and Soda Bread.
There is more to British bread than sometimes appears. Not everything is factory-produced, bland and spongy. When it really did seem as if the British were to suffer just that fate, people began to appreciate that different recipes, and more complex procedures, could produce bread worth eating again. Valuable lessons have been drawn from bakers around the world that methods need to change as well as appearance.