The World Health Organization (WHO) report on adolescent substance use: who.int/europe/news/it…

Le printemps est décidément historico-antialcoolique ! À Lausanne, 6-7 juin, colloque international 'Boire, pouvoir et illégalismes. L'alcool(isme) en controverse'
hesav.ch/event/colloque…

Whatever happened to the Babycham girl? In a brand new long read rachel hendry investigates the rise and fall of one the UK's most infamous drinks brands, with accompanying original artwork from David Bailey. Read it here:

pelliclemag.com/home/2024/4/17…

TODAY! And as a special treat for the end of term, we will be celebrating with SHRUBS: non-alcoholic, fermented, Victorian fruit beverages carefully brewed by Dr Pam Lock (Pam Lock) and her students. Mix with gin and/or sparking water for a fun AND educational time

Call for abstracts by 30 May for ‘Drinking spaces: Past, Present and Future’, a BSA Alcohol Studies and Drinking Studies Network event on 10 July, Nottingham Trent University tinyurl.com/yhv5kb3k #sociology #cfp

My amazing PhD student is starting the first study looking at links between #alcohol #wellbeing and #menopause symptoms! We need lots of women to get involved, so we can develop better help. Take part if you can and please share on/offline ljmu.questionpro.eu/maw-onboarding

🗓️ Our next Alcohol Occasional webinar will be taking place on Wednesday between 12.45 and 2pm (online).

💡 Our seminars give an opportunity to hear about, and discuss, new or ongoing research in the alcohol field.

✍️Register here: bit.ly/4aiZ8Oy (by 9am, Wed 24th)

Some beautiful pubs here - and can’t wait for parts 2 and 3 of this series! #pubs #artdeco

Back to teaching today, so also back to the intoxication playlist of pre-lecture alcohol & drug songs for my Intoxication and Society module.

I would really welcome abstracts from anyone interested in pubs inc but not limited to campaigners, industry, academics from any discipline

Please send your abstract submission or enquiry to

[email protected]

Registration for our event is now live. For more info about the event and to register see: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK rise to highest number on record, according to latest figures from Office for National Statistics (ONS) ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

'How does the world view Dry January?' | Recovery Research Institute at MGH via DrugWise recoveryanswers.org/research-post/…

Now our current post, 'Michael Jackson on Pubs'. beeretseq.com/michael-jackso… #beerhistory #craftbeerhour

Review via @projectmuse: 'Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop's Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World' by Rudi Matthee muse.jhu.edu/pub/457/articl…

'Grey area drinking: what is it and does it add anything to the alcohol debate?' | Alcohol Change UK alcoholchange.org.uk/blog/grey-area…

Row over Dry January trademark as Big Drop Brewing Co. wins tribunal challenge against Alcohol Change UK | The Morning Advertiser morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2024/0…

Please email submissions and enquires to Claire Markham at [email protected]

Six out of 10 complaints against Beak cans upheld by Portman Group for appealing to under-18s. Problems include 'anthropomorphic weather systems'. The only core beer affected, Dest Pils, is being redesigned.

At 2pm on Thursday 25 April we're looking at podcasting for historians: how to pitch, create and use, and the value of podcasts for teaching and research bit.ly/3THKdb7

Join us online for this guide to 'Podcasting History'. All welcome #twitterstorians