Eating & Drinking

Saturday, 27 May 2017 15:55

Beer and the General Election

Written by Keith Flett

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Keith Flett gives us a judiciously balanced, impartial and fair article on why beer drinkers should vote Labour on June 8th. The days are long past, one hopes, when candidates on election days paid for free drink for those who voted for them - not least because the secret ballot…

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Wednesday, 03 May 2017 21:30

The price of a pint, the Assize of Ale & the moral economy of beer

Written by Keith Flett

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Keith Flett continues his series with an article on the price of a pint in the capitalist marketplace. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) pressed Chancellor Philip Hammond to cut duty on beer by 1p a pint in his March Budget in a further bid to keep the price of…

Monday, 12 December 2016 16:41

A Culture of Overconsumption: Portion Control

Written by Emma Boyland

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It seems apt, in the midst of the festive season – a holiday typified by consumption to excess of all sorts of goods, after all – to put forward a new topic in this series ‘A Culture of Overconsumption’. In this article, I will be considering the concept of ‘portion…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 12 December 2016 14:09

The Pub

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Written by Keith Flett

Keith Flett samples some beer and ponders the pub. Having written on the current state of beer and brewing, together with some historical context, it is perhaps time to take a brief stop to actually sample some beer. This can be done in numerous places but the traditional British venue is…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 24 October 2016 15:00

Craft beer and competition

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Written by Keith Flett

Keith Flett continues his selfless quest at beer festivals to identify the economics of producing craft beer in a competitive, capitalist market - and what tastes nice. Further to my earlier thoughts on craft beer I travelled to Manchester in early October to attend the Independent Manchester Beer Convention (IndyManBeerCon). …

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 05 October 2016 14:38

Marketing a culture of overconsumption

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Written by Emma Boyland

Dr. Emma Boyland continues her series with a look at marketing strategies by Big Food to promote overconsumption. A drum-playing gorilla. An orange tiger saying “grrrreat!”. Even the simplicity of a jingle and “I’m loving it!”. What do all of these things have in common? They’re all television adverts that…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 28 September 2016 14:26

Class, CAMRA, craft ale and the contexts of consumption

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Written by Keith Flett

Keith Flett continues his series with a question: is there a link between class and what you drink? The upper classes are supposed to drink fine wines and champagne but these days both are available at prudent prices in supermarkets. Besides, as Nye Bevan famously proclaimed, nothing is too good…

Wednesday, 31 August 2016 09:00

Drinkers, beer and business: the battle for craft beer

Written by Keith Flett

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Keith Flett takes a look at how the battle against big business for good beer continues into the era of craft beer. Late summer, after the Great British Beer Festival, is a good time to take stock in the UK of where the beer world is. For most of British…

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Tuesday, 30 August 2016 17:28

A culture of overconsumption

Written by Emma Boyland

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Dr Emma Boyland starts a new series for Culture Matters about eating and drinking, and the politics and economics involved in moulding a culture of overconsumption. It seems that barely a day goes by without mention of obesity in the news. It is called an epidemic, or even worse, a…

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Tuesday, 19 July 2016 15:20

As Soon As This Pub Closes

Written by Keith Flett

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Keith Flett starts a new series on drink, pubs and politics. My title comes from a song in the play Close the Coalhouse Door, written by Alex Glasgow and Henry Livings and perhaps sums up the awkward relationship between drink, pubs, the left and the wider labour movement. The singer…

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