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An emotional journey through drink

David Jesudason’s relationship with alcohol is complicated. Here he explores how booze can shape our behaviour, describing how he’s matured from underage drinker to cask-ale connoisseur.

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What is air, and how do we know?

Watching bubbles in fermenting beer led 18th-century scientist Joseph Priestley to invent sparkling water – and to discover that different gases make up the air we breathe.

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The significance of safe spaces as refuges from racism

Beer writer David Jesudason discusses the impact racism has had on his mental health, and the consolation offered by pubs that feel truly safe.

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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles

Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.

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  • Beer Street by William Hogarth
  • Photo of Beryl Rawlins and Maurice Beer
  • Joseph Georg Beer. Lithograph by K.(?) Lanzadelly after A. F. Kunike.
  • Joseph Georg Beer. Lithograph by K.(?) Lanzadelly after A. F. Kunike.
  • Johannes Friedrich Metz. Etching by J. F. Berr [Beer], 1773, after himself.
  • South Africa: De Beer's diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.
  • An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.
  • "Blind Granny" holding a tankard of beer. Coloured engraving.
  • "Blind Granny" holding a tankard of beer. Stipple engraving.
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