As soon as I decide to have a news blackout, because I’m sick of it all, a very sad booze story pops up in the media, and they called me in this morning, to talk about alcohol and the workplace. Here’s the audio.
May 1, 2009
Here’s the audio of Calling Time On The Binge Drinkers, in which I appear near the beginning, and then later. Here’s the Radio Four page.
March 20, 2009
Listen/download here: Talking live on the radio, on Vanessa Feltz (5.3 meg mp3) This was on the back of health secretary Alan Johnson’s remarks about teetotallers being pariahs.
March 18, 2009
Here I am in the Guardian CiF today, suggesting people give up drinking. No, I won’t be reading the comments, although there are 58 of them already! Stop press – I got 121 comments in all. Not bad really.
January 27, 2009
A slap in the face for the big booze barons. It’s a positive review, but also contains the words: ‘Anyone with a drink problem who wants to find out how to kick it will not find what they need in its pages.’ This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this. Note the title of the… [Read more…]
January 20, 2009
A week ago I was struck by one of those cold/flu mutants that is neither, but still lays you out for a few days. Despite that, I managed to drag myself out to the Coach & Horses in Soho on Wednesday afternoon to be interviewed by PY Gerbeau about the Great British Drinking Problem. For… [Read more…]
January 4, 2009
As above, the Cleaning Up paperback’s been reviewed in the Independent. Not bad at all, although I’ve come to realise that I don’t write books for reviewers. I could go down the road of fane wrayting, I suppose, but there’s already a bit too much of that about, and I feel very sorry for the… [Read more…]
December 17, 2008
Here’s me in the Independent, talking about drunken Christmases past, and how to stay sober at this festive time. In the picture, I don’t look at all sure about that herbal tea…
December 3, 2008
Here’s me, after a very disturbed night in which the police hovered in their helicopter over a nearby street, talking about women drinking, in the light of a prospective ban on all-night free booze for women.
December 2, 2008
A nice namecheck for Cleaning Up. Drastic Measures: Increasingly ashamed of her rare but mortifying drunken displays, Viv Groskop decided to seek help. She spoke to experts and reformed bingers in her bid to achieve the Holy Grail of drinking: moderation
June 12, 2009
1