She is studying fairy tales. No, really, her PhD will be in literary analysis and she is looking at the role of food, especially bread & grain products, in European fairy tales. Looks like you are at least in same geographic region of England. She has also studied in Norwich and Cambridge (but not actually at Cambridge- she attended Anglia Ruskin) and her boyfriend is from Wales and does actually attend Cambridge, studying ancient Welsh geneaology or something equally esoteric.

Sharon