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Vintage Sunday Times Magazine February 19th 1989
What’s your poison? Social drinkers relax after work- but evil spirits are no laughing matter
DROWNING YOUR TOMORROWS?
It doesn’t matter that you never get drunk: you could still be taking enough alcohol to damage the efficiency of your brain, liver and sexual organs. The latest medical research links supposedly ‘moderate’ levels of drinking with a wide spectrum of bodily ills, ranging all the way from occasional flatulence to fatal cancers. Our special report this week examines the historical, cultural and medical background of the Western world’s favourite drug, and offers detailed guidance on what is safe and what is not. On page 22 How much do you drink? Work out your real consumption level. Anthony Burgess on the social history of drink – A world in ferment, page 24. And on page 36, A user’s guide to alcohol- the information you need to assess the risks for yourself
Play up, play up and play the dame Why Judi Dench, a great classical actor, is also a popular favourite
Fashion: Have bazaar, will travel A haul of ethnic extras, chic accessories for that well-travelled look
Collecting: Don’t leave the Eighties without it Why your latest buy should be in a museum
Relative Values Peter Duncan, the actor, and his mother Patti Page
A year in Provence February-Sundays in snow
A Life in the Day Jeffrey Tate, the conductor
84 pages. All our magazines are first day issues. Lightly read and in good condition for age
