Ian Sansom

Port in any storm

For a taste of the British Empire this Christmas, try Gospel Green Sparkling Cider and Tanqueray Old Tom Gin. Revive yourself on Boxing Day with Porterhouse Brewing Company Celebration Stout

  • Through a Glass Darkly: Confessions of a Reluctant Water Drinker

    Thomas Tylston Greg

    Pushkin/London Library, pp. 95

  • Empire of Booze: British History Through the Bottom of a Glass

    Henry Jeffreys

    Unbound, pp. 291

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