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July/August 2014
The liquid lunches of Dr Johnson's circle
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June 2014
Erasmus saw drunkenness as divine ecstasy
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May 2014
The unscrupulous adulteration of wines has a long history
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April 2014
Does anyone aside from me now read the poetry of Leonard Welsted? If Welsted is mentioned at all today, it is usually in the context of book three of The Dunciad, where he was memorably mocked in a parody of
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