Online Lifestyle Editor, Amy Butterworth, explores her relationship with alcohol and muses on drinking in moderation My relationship with alcohol has been an awfully long and winding passage, much comparable to the swirly straw you always hope to get with your piña colada (just me?) However, my alcohol experience now leaves me with a bitter […]
drinking culture
The seduction of the drinks industry
You’re waking up at midday. You’ve been sleeping off the antics of last night, in which there was undeniably a lot of alcohol involved. Facebook and Snapchat have begun heralding relics of the night that you failed to commit to memory. Your friends will soon be helping you piece together the rest with embarrassing stories, […]
Culture shock: clubbing in Berlin
[dropcap size=small bg_color=”#21409a”]”[/dropcap]Okay, we should probably stop speaking English now,” my friend muttered. It was getting close to 3:30am, and we were about to reach the front of the queue for Tresor, one of Berlin’s infamous underground Techno clubs. Both dressed in dark jeans and chatting quietly to each other while we shuffled forwards, neither of […]