Alcohol

Taking antibiotics: the very limited number of reasons you're not drinking that British people will accept

IF you don’t drink at a social event with British people, they will regard you with fear and suspicion. Here is the very narrow range of reasons they will accept your sobriety.

The six stages of trying and failing to leave the pub

ONLY staying for one? The immutable laws of the pub will prevent you from doing so as you become trapped in the following sequence.

Man who didn't mix drinks baffled to be hungover after nine pints

A MAN who wisely decided not to mix his drinks on a night out cannot understand how he ended up so devastatingly hungover.

Young people: are they drunk enough? A middle-aged investigation

ARE today’s youths wasting their youth not getting wasted? How will they build up the necessary alcohol tolerance for their middle years? Roy Hobbs investigates.

Chug while the Pointless ticker drops: Five early evening TV drinking games

TEATIME telly can be hard going. Here are five drinking games that'll see you all the way through to 8pm - when you can get pissed to something better on Netflix.

May as well finish the pack, says man opening first can of six-pack

A MAN feels it is his duty to neck the rest of the six-pack after opening a single can of lager. 

Kanye West, and other celebrities who'd be a nightmare as regulars at your local

KIM Kardashian was recently spotted having a pint in a London pub. Which celebrities would ruin your local if they were always propping up the bar?

How to power through a pint that tastes like warm dog piss

ORDERED a pint only to discover it tastes bloody awful? Instead of sending it back, grit your teeth and suffer your way through all 20 disgusting fluid ounces with this guide.  

Calling it 'plonk', and other twee ways to disguise your dependency on alcohol

WANT to make your worrying thirst for booze seem harmless? Try these socially acceptable ways.

Three lunchtime pints cancelled out by cup of tea, man reckons

A MAN believes the three pints of lager he consumed at lunchtime had no effect due to the cup of tea he drank back at the office.