Guardian - 21 January 2018, 12:00 (+ 2307 days 23 hours and 52 minutes) In Depth/Analysis
‘Dear R Branson… now the Observer is tabloid-sized, would you consider stocking it?’Last week’s research reveals that three in five of us drink to cope with the stress of everyday life. For others, the stress of everyday life serves as a respite from the relentless romantic demands of dame alcohol and her salty handmaidens, crisps.Like many functioning alcoholics, I quit drinking on New Year’s Day, as usual. But when my rheumy eyes fell on the first tabloid edition of the Guardian last Monday, the paper’s proud eagle wingspan ignominiously clipped to sparrow size, my world and all its attendant certainties seemed to shatter and I reached for the morning’s first bottle of Baileys Irish Cream in a spirit of defeat. Continue reading...