Alcohol Companion

Event: Alcohol in the media

The media shape our perception of alcohol and so our relationship with it, an effect we can try to improve…

See alcohol’s threat to freedoms

We should not be surprised that people see overcoming their alcohol problems as a great liberation…

Video: Meet the 170-year-old sobriety movement

Video: A more rational alcohol tax

On the eve of Brexit and the Budget I talked with Scott Corfe, research director of the Social Market Foundation think-tank about his proposals for a more rational form of alcohol tax. ■

Dry January is a vital part of the alcohol debate

Little or no alcohol is a good move for our mental health

Alcohol Inspired: Empowering ideas

“A treasure trove of facts, stories, science and philosophical nuggets.”

Rethinking alcohol and high achievement

A rational explanation of why alcohol consumption and high-achievement so often seem to go…