On caffs, not cafes

What is a caff when it's not a cafe? Where did the caff come from and who will mourn the greasy spoon if, as we hear, they're disappearing?

Joining Lewis Bassett is the author and Guardian columnist Felicity Cloake and Isaac Rangaswami, writer and the man behind the Instagram page Caffs Not Cafes. (instagram.com/caffs_not_cafes)

Felicity's book is Red Sauce Brown Sauce (harpercollins.co.uk/products/red-sauce-brown-s…). Her writing for the Guardian can be found here (theguardian.com/profile/felicity-cloake). Isaac has written about caffs for the Guardian (theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/17/caff…) and Vittles (vittlesmagazine.com/p/scottis-snack-bar-a-home…).

Mixing and sound design is from Forest DLG.

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