Eating & Drinking

Wednesday, 28 September 2016 14:26

Class, CAMRA, craft ale and the contexts of consumption

Written by Keith Flett

in Eating & Drinking

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

in Eating & Drinking

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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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 19 July 2016 15:20

As Soon As This Pub Closes

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Written by Keith Flett

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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