Is the UK’s drinking culture as bad as we think it is?
Alcoholic drinks expert/historian Jane Peyton, who currently runs the ‘School of Booze’, said
“despite tabloid newspaper reports, overall, Britons are not anti-social consumers of alcohol”.
Picture of Jane Peyton, Founder of the 'School of Booze'. Photo provided by Jane Peyton (used with permission)
“A minority are at the weekends, but that should not taint the entire drinking culture of the UK”, Peyton added.
A report conducted by ‘Alcohol Change UK’ on the UK’s drinking behaviours also said: “Since 2005, the overall amount of alcohol consumed in the UK, the proportion of people reporting drinking, and the amount drinkers report consuming have all fallen”.
Peyton explained that “Many people in younger demographics today do not drink alcohol at all”. They added: “The lat...