Prohibitionists And The Dangers Of The Empty Gesture
Closing pubs at 10 pm will do nothing to combat the second Covid wave, but everything to further destabilise and demonise drinking.
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No Sex Please, We’re British Filmmakers
The British film director’s union wants to take us back to Brief Encounter levels of sexual intimacy.
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Experiments In Drinking: Impy Hating Hippie
A high-strength beer that announces itself in advance and delivers a bourbon-soaked punch to the senses.
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Alice Cooper’s Got Milk
The former hard-drinking shock rocker eschews the trend for rock band beer by endorsing flavoured milk.
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The Reprobate Podcast Episode 3: Cooking Lager
In this episode, we chat to beer blogger and alcohol influencer Cooking Lager about the reopening of pubs this weekend, the experience of returning to the boozer after months of isolation, the joys of Wetherspoons, cultural snobbery and eccentric pub chain owners. Best enjoyed with a beer in hand.
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Ale In The Time Of Pandemics
Keri O’Shea returns to the pub after three months, and lives to tell the tale.
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Sunday Roast In A Can – Northern Monk’s Eccentric New Beer
Is the Sunday Roast in a can a work of genius or beer finally jumping the shark?
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The Calculated Cynicism Of Coronavirus Moralisers
Moral campaigners and social control freaks are trying to use the current crisis to force through more restrictions on how we live.
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The Buckfast Stops Here
The notorious tonic wine ceases production; teenage Scottish drinkers mourn.
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The Continuing Madness Of Britain’s Beer Censors
The Portman Group once again clamps down on beer company advertising to pacify the prohibitionists.
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Experiments In Eating: The Peperami Fire Stick
Does the hardcore version of the popular protein snack live up to the suggestions of mouth-searing chilli brutality?
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Bingeing On Stupidity
The advertising censors get worked up about the idea of someone having more than two pints of lager in a session.
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