Andrew Barr's first book, Wine Snobbery, sent shock waves through the wine trade when it was published in 1988. Now Barr turns his attention to our drinking habits in general, and to the cultural, social and political influences that determine what we chose to drink, and with whom. Drink is at the base of social history, which touches on subjects as diverse as the medical prescription of alchohol from biblical times on, the origins of the custom of toasting, and the reasons why the British became a nation of tea-drinkers. But it is also a polemic, which uses history to offer views on issues of current political or medical controversy, such as liberalization of the licensing laws, the opening of borders within the European Community and the possible healthy or unhealthy effects of moderate alchohol consumption.
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British history seen through a drinking glass
"Drink" can be read several different ways: as a diatribe about how alcohol has been chosen as a scapegoat for deeper social problems; as a warming read for cold winter nights; as a alternative approach to British social history, seen through our attitudes to drink and our changes in our taste over the last millennium or so. The paperback edition contains a new preface bringing it up to date in the three years since the hardback appeared, with a rant about the wrong-headed official approach to drink-driving and the media-created scare about alcopops. The hardback was described as "Splendid and original" by the Independent on Sunday, "Fascinating" by the Daily Mail, "Absorbing" by the Guardian, etc. etc.
"Drink" can be read several different ways: as a diatribe about how alcohol has been chosen as a scapegoat for deeper social problems; as a warming read for cold winter nights; as a alternative approach to British social history, seen through our attitudes to drink and our changes in our taste over the last millennium or so. The paperback edition contains a new preface bringing it up to date in the three years since the hardback appeared, with a rant about the wrong-headed official approach to drink-driving and the media-created scare about alcopops. The hardback was described as "Splendid and original" by the Independent on Sunday, "Fascinating" by the Daily Mail, "Absorbing" by the Guardian, etc. etc.
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Since graduating in Modern History from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1983, Andrew Barr has written on drink topics for a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times, The Times, Vogue, Tatler and Time Out. He won the Glenfiddich Award for Trade Writer of the Year for his articles in Wine & Spirit in 1991. His first book Wine Snobbery, an expose of the wine business was published in 1988 and his second Pinot Noir, in 1992.
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