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Cuppa
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March 29, 2012, No comments

I haven’t come to Morocco because of the predominantly alcohol-free culture. Nor have I come because of my fondness for couscous or tagines, or because I like having the crap …

Kenyan wedding (photo: Reece McMillan)

Not Drinking in Kenya

February 29, 2012, No comments

From stuffing your face with goat, to drinking soda and tearing up the dance floor, there are plenty of options for the alcohol-averse in Kenya, as Re ...

Going Dry

Going Dry – An Insider’s Guide

February 22, 2012, No comments

Grace Fletcher-Hackwood shares her tips for going dry, from anticipating your own excuses to the problem of the Risotto Exception - whatever that is.

Not Drinking in Finland (image: Earth-Bound Misfit, I)

Not Drinking in Finland

January 24, 2012, 1 Comment

(Guest post by Katja Kärki) In Finland, we mostly drink to get drunk, and drinking is not necessarily a social event. There’s even an informal expr ...

  • Dry January: Halfway There (Image: DC Sterne)
    Dry January: Halfway There
    January 17, 2012, No comments

    (Guest post by Grace Fletcher-Hackwood) On Day 2 of Dry January, a group of us descended on one of my favourite bars in Manchester's Northern Quarter ...

  • Dry January (image: malko)
    Dry January: The Calm Before the Drought
    December 31, 2011, 1 Comment

    (Guest post by Grace Fletcher-Hackwood) I'd say my drinking habits are about average for someone from my age and background. In other words: inconsistent. I don't really ...

  • Special Drink
    The Special Drink
    November 9, 2011, No comments

    I was relaxing with a cup of tea the other day and watching Air Crash Investigations when a couple of things occurred to me. The first is that Air Crash ...

  • Cumbia dancers
    Not Drinking in Colombia
    October 13, 2011, No comments

    ¡Rumba! – Colombians love to drink, and they drink to party. Spirits are the drink of choice on a night out – usually rum on the coast and aguardiente (sugar-cane ...

  • Duck
    Don’t Drink… Take a Bath
    October 6, 2011, No comments

    If you’re an overpaid celebrity you’re probably thinking ‘…of champagne, right?’ Everybody else is likely wondering if I’m going mad. What next? Washing your face as an alternative to drinking? ...