Historic England's new pubs hub: historicengland.org.uk/advice/carin...

Writing Oneself Into History: Researching Alcohol and Family Histories: seminar with @harbottlestores.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social January 29: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19867...

Worth your time reading this to understand how the new business rates threatens pubs | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

We've done a handy summary of all the announcements related to alcohol, tobacco and gambling in the Autumn Budget and what they all mean for public health:

Shocking. One venue told me that on a busy weekend they could see up to 80 people in over a day and … ‘we get some regulars who come in every single day’

I was curious what these lounges and quasi-bars looked like. Nothing exciting I'm afraid, like an unimaginatively decorated lobby of an outdated hotel.

"I could order cocktails but they ‘have to come from the bar next door’ and are left on the side rather than served to me, with customers presented with two separate bills" - ASH's Helen Duffy on the cigar lounges where you can still drink and smoke indoors: ash.org.uk/media-centre...

New policy briefing on alcohol from Public Health Scotland: www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications... via @drugwise.bsky.social

'Exploring no and low alcohol consumption' | @professorpub.bsky.social et al, University of York: www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...

'The joy of drinking alone' | @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...

'Is it a good idea to have a hot toddy when you’re sick?' | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

'Does Believing Alcohol Causes Cancer Moderate the Relationship Between Consumer Awareness of the Alcohol–Cancer Link and Support for Alcohol Policies? Findings From a Canadian Cross-Sectional Study' | Drug & Alcohol Review: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Latest issue of Drink & Drugs News: www.drinkanddrugsnews.com/ddn-december...

Sales of cask Bass have grown nearly 20% this year, and its now sold in over 1000 outlets as opposed to 400 12 months ago. Landlord is #1 by value. Boddington's was relaunched. Other breweries I speak to are in cask growth: Theakston, Thornbridge, Abbeydale, Siren, Five points...

'Clinical alcohol guidelines are welcome—but upstream action is paramount' | @jamesmorris24.bsky.social et al @addictionjournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Get out of my Absinthe, you little bastards!!

Applying for the PhD, should I mention that I interact with several Vict/Edwardian scholars on here. I mean I'm part of @drinkingstudies.bsky.social and follow a boat load of scholars who are probably even now writing about things that they'd let me have early access to. What do you get to mention?

'Americans appear to be drinking less. Here’s why that could be' | @the-independent.com via @drugwise.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

'Advancing alcohol policy modelling by integrating alcohol dependence' | @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/blog/advanci...

'...some people ... are cutting down their food intake in order to increase their “alcohol allowance”. This practice appears to be particularly prevalent among students and young adults' | Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...

Alcohol profile for England: December 2025 update www.gov.uk/government/s...

'Alcohol-free drinks popular during pregnancy – but new research shows guidelines are lacking' | University of Plymouth via @drugwise.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/alcohol...

For millennia, the t-shirts of the men in the know have taunted us. "WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?" Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...

Probably the best video to see how a wooden cask is made at Theakston's cooperage in all its details: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhK...

'Addiction Awareness Week 2025 in review - The Conversations That Changed Everything' | Taking action on Addiction via @drugwise.bsky.social takingactiononaddiction.org.uk/news/addicti...

'Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers' | @theguardian.com via @drugwise.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

'Will Ireland's new alcohol warning labels turn people away from drinking?' | BBC via @drugwise.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Trends in alcohol-related mortality rates before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic' | Recovery Research Institute www.recoveryanswers.org/research-pos...

'Down but not out of it – how Brighton’s sober homeless slip through the cracks' | @bhcitynews.bsky.social www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/11/30/d...

"Behind the façade of ‘responsibility’, zero-alcohol products are being used to reach new audiences, avoid advertising restrictions, and increase brand visibility," Fraser Edwardes, Alcohol Project Officer, Cancer Council Western Australia. @ias.org.uk www.ias.org.uk/2025/11/26/z...

December 10th in Nashville! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... .

'Barriers to recovery: overcoming obstacles to alcohol recovery in the UK' | @ias.org.uk report www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...

Another new @addictionjournal.bsky.social paper out today looking at trends in alcohol consumption in England and trying to answer the important question as to whether this has returned to pre-pandemic levels after rising during the first lockdown. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Peter Backman on the failure of Eat Out to Help Out: "The hospitality sector deserved better than a scheme that asked it to encourage behaviour that scientific advisers knew was high-risk"... and failed to stimulate long-term growth: mcusercontent.com/f984510851e2...

'New pub to train young people with disabilities' | via @beertoday.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Despite the sensational headline (*Hogarth klaxon*) this is an interesting conversation with @victimofmaths.bsky.social revealing the complexities of alcohol trends in the UK and, in preparation for next week's Budget, the impact of pricing and duty changes: whatareyouon.substack.com/p/britain-bl...

NEW DATA: This briefing provides updates to key data from our flagship report, The Global State of Harm Reduction. The update also summarises funding and policy developments since the 2024 report.

Fury As Communities Minister Blocks Plans To Support Drinkers, Local Breweries And New Pubs Across Northern Ireland | Camra NI via British Guild of Beer Writers: www.beerguild.co.uk/news/fury-as...

'New men’s health strategy will tackle suicide, alcohol abuse and problem gambling' | LBC via @drugwise.bsky.social www.lbc.co.uk/article/new-...

'Global alcohol consumption: why the world is failing to meet the WHO’s reduction target' | The Mental Elf via @drugwise.bsky.social www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...

A few thoughts on alcohol duty ahead of the budget (and an excuse to update some old graphs). These two show the important of accounting for inflation - in cash terms alcohol duty rates are higher than ever before, but in real terms they are at historically low levels.

'Mind the gap: rethinking global alcohol metrics in high-abstention low-income and middle-income countries' | @thelancet.com via @drugwise.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Society for the Study of Addiction webinar: How to write a winning research grant proposal www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-wri...

'Exploring women’s views toward no-lo alcohol products during pregnancy: a photo elicitation guided qualitative study' | Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy via @drugwise.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'Aberdeen to trial alcohol sales at Scottish Premiership match' | BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@philmellows.bsky.social talking sense: "If the quality's there, lower ABVs should be a win for everyone' and for all the people choosing to 'coast' (i.e. drink lower ABVs), it's a welcome move. www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Thanks to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for a brilliant talk last night at Small Bar. Great to bring your research & your new book to our lovely Bristol crowd. Thanks @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for the funding that made it possible! Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social

Really looking forward to this - it's been fully-booked for ages too! If you're on the list see you at Small Bar later. It's part of the amazing @beinghumanfest.bsky.social, take a look at what else is going on that's still got space 🍻

Upstairs in Small Bar looking lovely for our Think While You Drink Event for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social later. Thanks to @kellywasgcb.bsky.social and Bob for getting it all ready today. Looking forward to seeing all the happy tasters using those glasses for good later.

Out today (ebook version)! jameskneale.com/2025/11/13/t...