Our columnist Agromenes turns away from his usual focus to take a look at the Dry January movement. It’s fair to say, er, that he’s against it.
Dry January is an abomination. It’s a Puritan hangover deriving from the belief that all enjoyment should be punished. Bah! Humbug! Agromenes is firmly orthodox: great festivals should be fully celebrated and the 40 days of Christmas and 50 of Easter observed. Self denial comes earlier, in Advent and Lent — abstinence is…
