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Letter: Get a measure of drink's role in civilisation today

Published 16 June 2021

From Bryn Glover, Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire, UK

Vijaysree Venkatraman’s review of Edward Slingerland’s book Drunk: How we sipped, danced, and stumbled our way to civilization got me wondering whether an analysis of recording devices placed in the bars of Magaluf in midsummer might prove useful for the future of humanity (5 June, p 30).

Issue no. 3339 published 19 June 2021

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