Daisy Dunn

Why we drink

Plus: if you’re interested in how the brain works – with or without the aid of stimulants – the podcast Hidden Brain is full of insights

A genetic mutation, ten million years ago, made us 40 per cent more efficient than other animals at metabolising alcohol. Image: Miroslava Mahlebashieva / Alamy Stock Photo 
issue 26 March 2022

  • Deeply Human

    BBC World Service

  • Hidden Brain

    Apple Podcasts, Spotify and various platforms

GIF Image

Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it

TRY 3 MONTHS FOR $5
Our magazine articles are for subscribers only. Start your 3-month trial today for just $5 and subscribe to more than one view

Read next

Trending

Jonathan Miller

Why Americans are so fat

From Spectator Life
Are you hungry, peckish, esurient? Join me at Josie’s diner in Lexington, Kentucky, in the heart of Bluegrass country, where the horses are lean and very many people are, let me be frank, not. Josie’s is heaving at 8 a.m. as the well-upholstered clientele arrive for the morning feed. A mercifully slim student at the

More on alcohol

Also by Daisy Dunn

Latest

Comments

Join the debate for just £1 a month

Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for £3.

Already a subscriber? Log in