A 74 year old man has been crushed to death as shelving holding wheels of Parmesan he was inspecting collapsed in Lombardy.
Its a warning that cheese can be dangerous. In the Making of the English Working Class E P Thompson notes the ‘Great Cheese Riot’ at Nottingham Goose Fair in 1764 when cheeses were rolled down the streets.
While eating too much cheese may not be ideal there are clearly more dangerous ways to encounter cheese. We might also remember that several cheesemongers rode with the Yeomanry in 1819, well aware no doubt of the potential power their cheese could wield
Helen Titchener the cheesemonger is a danger to all.