Hear me discuss temperance and temperance halls on the Morning Advertiser's podcast! Features another appearance for my argument that 'please drink responsibility' is a temperance mission. Interesting contributions from others too.

'Scotland’s drink death toll drops to pre-Covid level' www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...

Lots of media coverage this morning of findings from our new report 'Alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks in Great Britain: Monitoring report on 2023 data'. The no/lo market continues to expand and no/lo drinks are more likely to be consumed by risky drinkers. Find out more 👇 @nihr.bsky.social

Our @jameskneale.bsky.social features in the latest Lock In Podcast from pub trade mag the Morning Advertiser, on the topic of alcohol-free pubs: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

'Chimps consume equivalent of a beer a day in alcohol from fermented fruit' | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Extremely proud and a bit jealous that my excellent colleagues @fieldmatt.bsky.social and Inge Kersbergen have won this year's Ig Nobel Peace prize for showing that being a bit tipsy makes you better at speaking Dutch. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

We've just launched a website showcasing our research on pub closure! Each 'long-read' explores the story of a closed pub and its social and cultural significance, drawing on field visits, archival research and extensive interviews with those connected to it. Links below!

'Are alcohol restrictions bad for tourism? An exploratory study of tourism trends in Western Australia' | @sciencedirect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

'Alcohol industry intimidation of researchers and advocates' | @ias.org.uk www.ias.org.uk/2025/09/16/a...

'The stigma of alcohol dependence with Prof. Georg Schomerus' | Alcohol Problem Podcast @jamesmorris24.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1275176/epis...

'Alcohol Occasional 4: Alcohol and LGBTQIA+ Communities' | @shaapalcohol.bsky.social @sarnalcohol.bsky.social online seminar, October 6: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol-oc...

'The Going Through — Gale Beer, Saison’s Lost Yorkshire Cousin': "not so much a beer style as an artefact from a vanished rural culture | @pelliclemag.com www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...

'UK invests in next generation of research talent to tackle drug and alcohol addiction' | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology www.gov.uk/government/n...

Our new nolo materials developed with @cityofyorkcouncil.bsky.social will be officially launched at the York @camraofficial.bsky.social beer festival trade session today! Sadly I have a flight to catch so can't be there but my colleague Nadine Waehning will be there to talk about the project!

Patrick E. McGovern, a celebrated biomolecular archaeologist who revealed the deep history of wine, beer and mead, has died at the age of 80. His forensic investigations into residues on pottery reshaped our understanding of alcohol’s role in civilisation.

Did you see this yesterday? I'm coming to Bristol next month to chat with Nick Fitzgerald about his work looking at prehistoric brewing, and how ingredients and methods have changed over the years to what we do today. It's gonna be a lot more fun than I make it sound!

'The rise of no/lo: How the alcohol-free and low-alcohol market has developed in Great Britain' | @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/blog/the-ris... via @drugwise.bsky.social

'What are you having? Drinkaware reveals the nation’s drinking habits in its annual survey': www.politicshome.com/members/arti...

Mosquitos like to bite beer drinkers who recently had sex www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/09/mosq... @teamdb.bsky.social

'Graveyard visitors told not to leave alcohol tributes' | BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

CFP: @britsoci.bsky.social annual conference, April 2026 britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Women and alcohol through the life course - @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social online event, November 12/13 alcoholchange.org.uk/events/chang...

THINK WHILE YOU DRINK IS BACK! Join Good Chemistry & @drinkingstudies.bsky.social for our next set of free talks celebrating beer, brewing, pubs, the industry and wider drinking culture - accessible, thought-provoking evenings with a pint! We've two brilliant events lined up for you - sign up now!👇

Belgium objects to EU plan to label 6%abv wines 'low alcohol': www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/1...

Fantastic to host the event ‘Pubs in the Community – What Can Be Done to Help Them’ #pubs . Thank you to everyone who attended and supported. And I look forward to working with you soon

'Mad Men through an alcoholic haze' | @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/mad-men-th...

CFP: Global Alcohol Policy Alliance conference, April 2026: www.gapc2026.org/abstract-sub...

Down the Hatch... "a new exhibition by Bristol-based artist Jo Lathwood, where British pub culture meets storytelling from a queer perspective" at East Quay, Watchet, Somerset, from Sept 13: www.eastquaywatchet.co.uk/articles/dow...

'Targeting alcohol use in high-risk population groups: a US microsimulation study of beverage-specific pricing policies' | @thelancet.com via @drugwise.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

'Changing lives through the Blue Light Approach' | @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/changin...

Some thoughts on research into beer by non-brewing scientists: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2025/08/im-f...

'Rapid review of evidence about alcohol marketing and advertising: Influences on consumer attitudes and behaviours, and the effects of regulation on those behaviours' | Public Health Scotland www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications...

'Do drinking occasion characteristics differ across individuals using different moderation approaches? A social practice perspective' | Addiction Research & Theory via @drugwise.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

DDN special conference issue: www.drinkanddrugsnews.com/ddn-septembe...

Planning the first month of term? Don’t miss @elementaladam.bsky.social at UCD, speaking as part of the Drinking Cultures project! All are welcome to this in-person seminar: “Hate, Shame, and Boozy Banter in the Eighteenth Century” 🍻 Full abstract here: texerenetwork.com/drinkingcult...

The man who started craft beer? My profile of David Bruce for @pelliclemag.com (photos by Sean McEmerson): www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...

'As beer sales fall, young Germans develop taste for alcohol-free lager' | BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Would you like to review a book for one of our journals? Find the details for each journal on our Publications Opportunities page, alongside our calls for special issues. www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

"We often talk about the importance of research but rarely about the researchers." The UK is rapidly losing medical academics and without them has no hope of achieving its plans to become a leader in research www.bmj.com/content/390/...

“as to the effect of this wine upon females especially, I have known many of them to remain insensible for hours" Please don't try "Red Biddy" or "Lizzie" (red wine/grape juice mixed with methylated spirits) on #InternationalRedWineDay or any other day. mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/BLR/...

Just a reminder that if you're a local publican or in the trade more broadly sign up for a complimentary trade ticket and you'll hear more about our nolo work and get free point of sale materials at the York @camraofficial.bsky.social beer festival #nolo @uoysbs.bsky.social

That's a very appealing article, with some of my favorite fictional characters. In times gone by, drinking a lot more, just like smoking a lot more, was just the way things were.

'Drink and fiction' | @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/drink-and-...

'SARG researcher @ambercopeland.bsky.social secures major Wellcome funding to model how context influences alcohol consumption' | | @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/s...

'New report on minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Wales' | @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n...

Here's a piece I did on two of the contenders for 'Ireland's oldest pub', which points out some issues in the purported history. It might depend on what your interpretation of what exactly constitutes that definition - or maybe not ...

Licensing reform brings to the surface debates around what a pub should be | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Will lowering the drink-drive limit threaten the country pub? asks the Morning Advertiser: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

'Booze up: is gen Z’s ‘sensible’ relationship with alcohol moving towards hedonism?' | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025...