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The Drinking Studies Network is an interdisciplinary and international research group that connects scholars working on drink and drinking cultures. We are free to join and welcome all. More info at https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/
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@victoriabates.bsky.social kindly interviewed @kellygcb.bsky.social & I for her new podcast on impact activities at Uni of Bristol. We talk about the ongoing collaboration with Professor Sam Goodman & re-launched series of talks: Think While You Drink humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/05/29/t...

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This year's @bavs-uk.bsky.social conference is looking fantastic, I'm really looking forward to seeing old friends *and* presenting on a #drinkingstudies panel alongside @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social and Annemarie McAllister 🥂 www.english.ox.ac.uk/bavs2025

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Love the first part of this post - explaining the concept behind @goodchembrew.bsky.social labels - what each circle means and why. I'm really enjoying these posts for their 10 year anniversary: goodchemistrybrewing.co.uk/blogs/blog/1...

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This looks amazing! #DrinkingStudies 🍸🗃

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@drinkingstudies.bsky.social might have to run out and get a copy of this!

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Are alcohol brands genuine allies to LGBTQ+ people – or is it just rainbow-washing? 🌈 Dr Sandra Souto Pereira and Professor Antonia Lyons' blog explores how the industry markets to LGBTQ+ communities while ignoring the harms. www.ias.org.uk/2025/03/10/r... #PrideMonth

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I love this view of growers tending their hops.

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The wonderful brewing historian Martyn Cornell died suddenly yesterday at 72. He was a wonderful man, kind and gentle, and his writing transformed the way we understand beer and the people who made it.

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This year's Alcohol Change UK Alcohol Awareness Week will be July 7-13 and the theme is alcohol and work: alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved...

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Is there such a thing as good stigma? Dr James Morris unpacks this idea in his latest blog, exploring why stigma, even when well-intentioned, causes harm. It doesn’t prevent behaviour, it prevents connection. Read more via our website 👇 zurl.co/Hbj4W

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'The Guardian view on alcohol and public health: the drinks industry must not control the narrative' | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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'Young People, Alcohol and Risk: A Culture of Caution' | @amypennay.bsky.social @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social @soc-researcher.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social et al @ias.org.uk www.ias.org.uk/2025/05/28/y...

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Now we're fully into beer festival season, @philmellows.bsky.social reviews the new book from @morrighani.bsky.social on what has quietly become "a great British tradition". Though personally, of course, he'd rather be down the pub britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/get-in-the...

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'Pubs on TV' | @morrighani.bsky.social www.extremehousewife.com/2025/05/the-...

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Listen to our latest podcast, where @williamhaydock.bsky.social of @collective-voice.bsky.social discusses the alcohol treatment system in England, incl: 💊Accessibility to free treatment 💷How it's commissioned ⚕️What the Health & Social Care Act changed ➡️Drug Strategy www.ias.org.uk/podcast/12327/

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Long-term alcohol consumption and incident health risk conditions related to cardiometabolic risk markers: A 20-year prospective cohort study buff.ly/hg4yfAu

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Delighted to see @drinkingstudies.bsky.social stalwart David Beckingham explaining Victorian/Edwardian laws on licensing and drunkenness to Ross Kemp on 'Who Do You Think You Are?' Ross's story further strengthened my belief that drink runs through many family histories, not always in a good way..

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'US alcohol research funding cuts itemised' | @alcoholreview.bsky.social alcohol-review.com/story/us-alc...

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'Alcohol brands under fire for irresponsible social media ads' | The Drinks Business via @drugwise.bsky.social www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/05/alco...

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'Alcohol use during recovery: A 10-year follow-up of people treated for alcohol or other drug problems' | Drugs, Education, Prevention & Policy via @drugwise.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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'A pilot evaluation of managed alcohol programs operating in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic' | Harm Reduction Journal via @drugwise.bsky.social harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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A new book explores why young people in high-income countries are drinking less, linking the decline to growing health consciousness, closer parental relationships, and a broader culture of caution. In our latest blog, the authors discuss the findings. www.ias.org.uk/2025/05/28/y...

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Got mine today. Have you? @philmellows.bsky.social @katesimon.bsky.social

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Thanks to @kellygcb.bsky.social and @victoriabates.bsky.social for my first introduction to podcast recording. So fun to chat about our Think While You Drink talks series in local pubs and all the other great stuff that we are doing together with Prof Sam Goodman. Link to recording to follow.

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Are you an ECR in the history of medicine? Interested in digital humanities? Apply for a AAHM-Gale DH fellowship. INFO SESSION: 9:30 AM ET, Wed. May 28. histmed.org/aahm-gale-di...

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Happy days. I’ve secured some funding to host a focused knowledge exchange event around what can be done to help sustain ours pubs 😊. Hope you may be able to attend @charlotte2153.bsky.social @matthew-wright.bsky.social @plunkettuk.bsky.social @bbpa.bsky.social @campaignforpubs.bsky.social

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I don’t drink alcohol so why am I passionate about #ukpubs. The answer is because they provide communities with unique social spaces. They are economically, socially and culturally important. They are sites of our national and local history and heritage

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Post-doctoral Fellowship @drinkingstudies.bsky.social in @ncn.gov.pl founded project www.boundariesofdrinking.pl

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Very interesting talk by Nick Fitzgerald on drinking and brewing in pre-history for the @drinkingstudies.bsky.social Bristol hub and Bristol University Drinking Studies Faculty Research Group Such an under researched topic and continues to be challenging but I feel like I learned so much!

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'Screen time, not health fears, behind drop in alcohol sales, says Asahi CEO' | Drinks Business www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/05/scre...

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'Teens of any age who drink alcohol with their parents’ permission drink more as young adults, new research shows' | @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/teens-of-any...

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'Alcohol use during recovery: A 10-year follow-up of people treated for alcohol or other drug problems' | Drugs: Education Prevention & Policy via @drugwise.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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'Restricting alcohol availability in practice: evidence from selected countries' | WHO via @drugwise.bsky.social www.who.int/publications...

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'Traveller who survived alcohol poisoning in Laos campaigns to get issue added to school curriculum' | ITVX via @drugwise.bsky.social www.itv.com/news/london/...

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Interesting new report here from @smfthinktank.bsky.social exploring possible approaches governments could take to recoup some of the financial windfall that alcohol retailers and producers get when a Minimum Unit Price is introduced. www.smf.co.uk/publications...

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Were there too many breweries after all? In the first part of a broader look at the state of independent brewing in the UK, I've written a piece for @geterbrewed.bsky.social that looks at if the UK beer industry has his its saturation point. Read it here: www.geterbrewed.com/blog/2025/05...

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Drinking for many is about escape, uncertainty, even discomfort – not control or rationality. Our policies often miss that completely. In our latest blog, Dr @williamhaydock.bsky.social argues for a harm reduction approach that recognises what people actually want. www.ias.org.uk/2025/05/21/h...

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'A Brief History of LSD Treatment for Alcohol Addiction at the VA' | Filter via @drugwise.bsky.social filtermag.org/lsd-alcohol-...

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'Association Between Alcohol Consumption, Cognitive Abilities, and Neuropathologic Changes' | Neurology via @drugwise.bsky.social www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

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The #IoPPNResearchFest is here! Join us for rapid-fire talks by IoPPN staff on the latest research in psychiatry, psychology + neuroscience, from the power of belief, neurotrauma and more. Follow us and @thementalelf.bsky.social for highlights and key messages. #AcademiaSky

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Phelan et al found that 40% of people treated for SUD used social media for recovery support, mainly to build support and follow recovery content. Use was higher among women and younger adults. Most found groups independently and engaged regularly. More research on efficacy is needed.

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CHOICE? A Short Film About Addiction, Stigma, and Recovery: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQvn... via @drugwise.bsky.social

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UK pubs giant Stonegate sees sales of alcohol free leap by 32% in a year | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

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'Legends in their own lunchtime' - @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social on when the days of publishers were fuelled by booze: henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/legends-in...

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I absolutely loved writing about my favourite pub in Liverpool for @pelliclemag.com and the community vibes of micropubs. Thanks @totalcurtis.bsky.social and @katiematherkm.bsky.social for commissioning and editing! #freelance #beer #micropub

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Here's the paper referred to by @robertdeakin.bsky.social and @thurnellreadsoc.bsky.social at last night's joint event with @britbeerwriters.bsky.social - 'The Last of England: Banal Nationalism and Communities of Loss in British Pub Closure Media Narratives' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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The first article from our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project 'After Last Orders?: A biographical exploration of the impact of UK pub closures' is now published in British Journal of Sociology. Open access via the link below.

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Many people work from a coffee shop but what about working from the pub. See 👇 workfromthepub.co.uk

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"Programme for Government a missed opportunity to tackle alcohol harm" - @shaapalcohol.bsky.social shaap.org.uk/news/447-sha...

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