Forget Dry January – adopt mindful drinking instead

If the recent antics at No 10 have told us anything it’s that our nation’s troubling drinking culture goes right to the top. Whilst nothing can excuse our…

Forget Dry January – adopt mindful drinking instead

If the recent antics at No 10 have told us anything it’s that our nation’s troubling drinking culture goes right to the top. Whilst nothing can excuse our…

What alcohol does to your body, unit by unit

Stuck at home during lockdown, we needed something to mark the passage from day to night and “locktail” hour did exactly that. Whether your chosen drink was…

What 10 days of a clean eating diet plan actually does to your body

Obviously, it depends on how much you used to eat before giving it up, but for the first 10 days of going meatless, you may still feel…

The 5 best high-street wines to mark the end of Dry January

Light and whistle-clean whites: Chapel Down Flint Dry 2020, Kent, England  (12.5%, Morrisons, £14 down to £11 until Feb 15) A snappy, refreshing, positively Spring-like blend of…

Three easy ways to stick to Dry in January in 2022

Congratulations to everyone committing to Dry January this year – kickstarting 2022 teetotal and in a fresh state. But despite the first month of the year often…

What 10 days of clean eating actually does to your body

Obviously, it depends on how much you used to eat before giving it up, but for the first 10 days of going meatless, you may still feel…

Three easy ways to… stay dry in January

In this week’s least surprising news, a survey by Volvic Touch of Fruit has revealed that around half of those attempting Dry January will throw in the…

The best light wines to take you through January

You don’t have to choose between fully embracing dry January or turning your face away from it and continuing to swig as if it’s Christmas.  There’s a…

Half and smaller bottle wines to try

If you’re not doing dry January but want to cut back on wine drinking this month (or for longer), then one simple idea is to buy smaller…

Dry January? After the year we’ve all had, you must be joking

Even in the best of times, I’ve never been much of a fan of Dry January, despite it becoming so fashionable of late. But this year in…