Shut up about Barclay Perkins

Got a new cast on my arm this morning. And they told me that I've broken a small bone in my hand, too. No big deal, as the same cast wil...

Between 1970 and 1979, consumption of beer rose by just shy of 20%. Not just that, it rose every single year. Even in the really bad years o...

We've arrived at the final part of my look at alcohol consumption. Starting with the peak beer-drinking year of 1979 and ending with the...

Continuing on from the last, here's a look at UK beer consumption over another 20 years. Though I haven't just picked the dates beca...

I thought I'd treat you to some more of those lovely numbers I recently harvested on alcohol consumption in the UK. Well, I have to do s...

When I extracted these figures from a couple of editions of the Brewers' Almanack, I was surprised to notice that I didn't have a sp...