For those wondering whether it is sinful to drink, even moderately, a scholar goes into the history of alcohol and its distillation to show how early monks and priests contributed to it.
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These days they are scary, but for the ancients, ghosts could be quite useful.
When it comes to getting us to quaffing less, the bottle of plonk is a surprisingly awkward customer.
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