Carlsberg Special Brew is the beer of Churchill, Kingsley Amis – and me. They can’t ban it
I have a confession to make: I am writing this article under the influence. As I tap away at my laptop, a can of lovely Carlsberg Special Brew sits on the table beside me, acting on my brain as oil acts on a car engine: lubricating the moving parts.

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