Pints and the Past podcast - Brewery Heritage Welcome to Pints and the Past, a podcast brought to you by The National Brewery Heritage Trust, telling stories of Britain's brewing heritage

New podcast from the National Brewery Heritage Trust: www.breweryheritage.com/podcast/

News - Imported Silver and Medicinal Drink Identified in Etruscan Tomb - Archaeology Magazine BISENZIO, ITALY—New examination of artifacts recovered from a tomb discovered in 1927 near the Etruscan […]

Maybe an apple or pear based drink? This is unusually interesting. #apple #pear
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Another interesting-looking CFP for @drinkingstudies.bsky.social bods. Call for proposals for a special collection for the journal 'Women’s Health' entitled “Sober Shifts: Women, Alcohol, and the Rise of a New Culture of Choice.” More details here:

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April 2026: Instead of a newsletter… Proper Job We don’t have a newsletter anymore – we do this instead, in the same format, with a bit of something new, some updates, and a recap of what we’ve posted in the past month.

The monthly update blog post we're doing instead of a newsletter is up/out, including news of a special edition of the session in collaboration with @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social and inspired by @beervana.bsky.social. 🍻🍺

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Why giving up alcohol can leave women more burned out than before Quitting alcohol can free up time and energy – but without rest, it can quietly lead to a new kind of burnout

Interesting article about how some of us trade drinking/drug use for overworking and perfectionism. #women #soberlife #sobriety
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#243 - The Decline of the Rural Pub and What It Means for Community Life | Dr Claire Markham & Mark Petrou Podcast Episode · The Ceres Podcast · 31 March · 1hr 20min

Hear me talk about the importance of rural pubs - economically, socially, culturally, & historically - to local communities, and what can be done to help sustain them @charlotte2153.bsky.social @matthew-wright.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social

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The term 'alcoholic' conjures outdated stereotypes about an illness that afflicts 28 million Americans, says expert People just aren't drinking the way they used to. "As recently as the late 1990s or early 2000s, 85% or more of high school seniors said they drank in the past year. Now that number is down to about 4...

'The term 'alcoholic' conjures outdated stereotypes about an illness that afflicts 28 million Americans, says expert' | @medexpress.bsky.social medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04...

'Full alcohol marketing ban and adolescent drinking patterns: a repeated cross-sectional analysis comparing Lithuania with other EU countries' | @bmj.com bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/2/...

The surprising reason London clubs are struggling to survive Simply offering after-hours alcohol to younger generations no longer appeals as partygoers are now seeking immersive experiences

'London nightlife crisis sees iconic clubs close as costs soar and drinking habits change' | @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

'Poverty, Prevention and Fairness:
Public attitudes towards health inequality and the social determinants of health in the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey': scothealthequity.org/wp-content/u...

New Eyes on an Old Problem: Alcohol Marketing, Industry Influence and Scotland’s Strategic Plan - Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems SHAAP Policy & Communications Officer, Lisa Davie, reflects on her first two months in the role, what she’s learned about alcohol marketing and industry influence, and what Scotland’s new Alcohol & Dr...

'New Eyes on an Old Problem: Alcohol Marketing, Industry Influence and Scotland’s Strategic Plan' | @shaapalcohol.bsky.social www.shaap.org.uk/new-eyes-on-...

Could Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Make a Comeback? Its unavailability in the US since 2022 is disempowering, because it narrows people's choices. One man is trying to get a program restarted.

'Could Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Make a Comeback?' | @filtermag.bsky.social filtermag.org/aversion-the...

Alcohol Underreporting Hides True Liver Disease Risk Alcohol underreporting masks true liver disease risk. Learn how adjusted data reveals higher prevalence and mortality.

'Alcohol Underreporting Hides True Liver Disease Risk' | @emjreviews.com via @drugwise.bsky.social www.emjreviews.com/hepatology/n...

Shot of a headline in the London Review of Books: 'Save My Beer' by Tom Johnson and details of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England.

Our @markhailwood.bsky.social is in @lrb.co.uk with his latest book getting a great review: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Perry isn’t ‘dead’ - Drinks Retailing Pear cider is globally thriving – whatever the major brands might say – writes Adam Wells One of the more eyebrow-raising moments in the cider world last year was when, asked the somewhat leading ques...

'Perry isn't dead' | Drinks Retailing drinksretailingnews.co.uk/perry-isnt-d...

A must buy! Congratulations Pam.

IWSR: Younger drinkers offer pockets of resilience amid global alcohol volume decline for 2025 - Drinks Retailing Preliminary figures from the IWSR show that global alcohol consumption declined in 2025 as economic and geopolitical pressures continued to bite. At the same time however, emerging markets, RTDs and y...

Meanwhile... 'IWSR: Younger drinkers offer pockets of resilience amid global alcohol volume decline for 2025' drinksretailingnews.co.uk/iwsr-younger...

How moderation is evolving – IARD Q&A - Drinks Retailing With a flurry of mid-strength and non-alcoholic drinks on the rise, it’s easier than ever for consumers to moderate their alcohol consumption. We caught up with Julian Braithwaite, CEO of the Internat...

'How moderation is evolving – IARD Q&A' | Drinks Retailing drinksretailingnews.co.uk/how-moderati...

Our Small Grants Scheme will open on Monday 20 April!

🗓️ Applicants will have 8 weeks to submit outline proposals

💷 Funding: between £500 and £15,000

➡️ We particularly welcome proposals based on our Long-term vision and research that informs alcohol policy debates

Illustrating the many qualities of beer, even in a very small pub - beer board at the Microbus in Gateshead displaying a wide variety of styles available on draught.

Why the quality, and qualities, of alcoholic drinks make a difference when it comes to health. From the Propel Info Friday Opinion archive: www.philmellows.com/PhilMellows_...

Why does alcohol make us both happy and miserable – and what else does it do to our minds and bodies? It sends us to sleep and wakes us in the night, excites us and depresses us, gives us confidence one moment, anxiety the next. How does this messy drug wield so much power?

'Why does alcohol make us both happy and miserable – and what else does it do to our minds and bodies?' | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Gambling, alcohol and smoking - all for one and one for all - Institute of Alcohol Studies New research reveals a troubling overlap between online gambling harm, risky drinking, and smoking — and why tackling them in isolation may not be enough.

'Gambling, alcohol and smoking – all for one and one for all' | @ias.org.uk www.ias.org.uk/2026/03/31/g...

'Weight loss medications linked to reduction in both food and alcohol consumption latest research reveals' | @drinkaware.bsky.social www.drinkaware.co.uk/news/weight-...

DDN_April26 DDN Magazine April 2026 Our cover story this month challenges a familiar narrative – that knowledge and willpower are enough to keep people alive. They’re not. Too many drug deaths are happening because people are alone.

New edition of Drink & Drugs News: viewer.joomag.com/ddn-april26-...

How are bars and nightclubs in Scotland using extensions in late-night alcohol trading hours? Venue observation study Late-night alcohol trading hours are generally associated with increased alcohol-related harm. Since 2018, two Scottish cities have allowed extensions…

'How are bars and nightclubs in Scotland using extensions in late-night alcohol trading hours? Venue observation study' | Carol Emslie, @jamesnicholls.bsky.social @victimofmaths.bsky.social @niamhfitzgerald.bsky.social et al @sciencedirect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Drinking in New Town — Katie Mather Writes Kay’s Bar in New Town has a black and white photo on the wall of the bar when it was closing down in the ‘60s. At the time, it was a coach house on the brink of closing down as the slums around it wer...

One of my favourite spots, anywhere - @katiematherkm.bsky.social on Kay's Bar in Edinburgh: www.katiematherwrites.com/the-gulp/dri...

Tom Johnson · Save My Beer: Industrious Revolution Labour was once an organic part of the peasant household, done in the interest of subsistence. Certainly many people in...

‘While women certainly undertook vastly more of the recorded tasks for housework and care work, these two categories of labour took up less than 40 per cent of the total time they spent working.’

@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on early modern work.

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How often we see alcohol in movies: A Systematic review and Meta-analysis Exposure to alcohol portrayals in movies has been associated with increased alcohol use. Several studies have examined the prevalence and frequency of…

'How often we see alcohol in movies: A Systematic review and Meta-analysis' | International Journal of Drug Policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...