Nine people detained in connection with the deaths in Orenburg region bordering KazakhstanTwenty-nine people have died from alcohol poisoning this week in a region near Kazakhstan after consuming locally produced spirits that contained methanol, Russia…
Keep up the pub invites and don’t ‘sober shame’: how to support a friend to stop drinking
There are plenty of ways to make it easier for someone who wants to cut out the booze this October – and beyondThose of us who don’t drink, whatever the reason, know that being alcohol-free doesn’t mean the end of socialising or having fun. But for som…
‘It’ll kill me’: Zimbabwe counts cost of rise in illicit alcohol use
Lack of jobs and Covid lockdowns fuel boom in cheap but lethal hooch made in backyard stillsIt is 7pm and inside the shebeen, or unlicensed bar, in Harare, men and women clutch small bottles of “whisky” and talk animatedly as they dance to loud music.O…
Dining across the divide: ‘She didn’t call me an insensitive buffoon – but I was armed and ready’
Two strangers, on opposite sides of the left-right political divide and with very different lives – can they find common ground over dinner?Click here to take partAbby, 45, London Continue reading…
Generation X are heavy, risky drinkers. Will anything ever persuade us to stop?
Alcohol’s allure was powerful when we were growing up and those born after us consume far less. Now booze is falling out of fashion, is it time to assess old habits?My first job in journalism was editing a free magazine called Rasp. In 1995, we ran a c…
Elegantly wasted: has lockdown made booze dangerously aspirational?
Drinking at home was once a guilty pleasure. Now everyone from bored homeworkers to professional influencers is swapping cocktail recipes and photos of colourful aperitifs. Is gin o’clock turning into unhappy hour?The shadow of a palm frond falls on a …
Alcohol linked to more cancers than thought, study finds
Imperial College London researchers also find that drinking coffee protects against liver cancerConsuming alcohol increases the risk of getting more cancers than previously thought, according to a major study, which also found that drinking coffee pro…