Suicide rate rises in hot weather

[Lenny]

There was an article somewhere hereabouts a few months back claiming that Britain's alcohol intake has something like doubled since 1950.

Alcohol consumption doubles since the 1960s
The National Audit Office has found that 10m people are drinking at levels that are hazardous or harmful to their health in England by regularly consuming over the recommended limits.

10m people are drinking at levels that are hazardous

That's almost a full 25% of British people aged 16-66...

[Beorn]

Why is social interaction so strongly tied to alcohol in Britain?

Because we like to drink. Always have and always will do. The pub is (or was in places) the cornerstone of social interaction in the community. You go to the pub to get drunk and talk nonsense.

Seven Sins of England