FEAST OR FAST? FOOD AND THE GOOD LIFE – AMERSHAM, 8 MAY. Religious traditions sometimes celebrate food and eating in feasts, but they also often promote abstinence, moderation and asceticism. St Francis of Assisi even mixed his food with ashes, or quench its flavour with cold water. Is religion too austere in warning against the pleasures of the flesh or can we all learn – believers or not – from its food traditions? At St. Michael’s and All Angels Church at 8pm. Full details here.