Going without versus doing without

Going without versus doing without

I almost can’t believe it, sitting here in my abundantly-provisioned London home in 2025, but my dad once told me that when he was a kid they’d sometimes run out of food. There would be bread maybe, but little else. At least not for the children. “Sometimes I’d have salt and pepper sandwiches,” my dad confided. Was his story credible? Honestly I’ve no idea. My dad is long gone and my grandmother rustled up those spartan provisions either during …