Jason Bosomthrobber and the Cornish Pasty Mine Disasters

These days, Todger SlightlyInclined is probably best known as the actor who plays the part of Jasper Bosomthrobber, the struggling owner of a Cornish pasty mine, in the TV adaptation of Nigella Twee’s historical novel of the same name.

The eponymous novel is the first in a series of 256 novels. The series charts the life and times of the pasty mine owner, Bosomthrobber in the late 18th century. It was a time when the pasty mines were going through a crisis where the Cornish pastry seams – on...