Introducing Place, Craft, and Alcohol in Historical Perspective
9 August 2024
Place, Craft, and Alcohol in Historical Perspective is a new Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project, fronted by Professor Phil Withington and Dr Nick Groat at the University of Sheffield. Setting out to explore how the emergence of ‘craft’ alcohol is understood, characterised, and defined, the project investigates how this new practice and form of production has influenced urban spaces.
Love and Intoxication in a Renaissance Pleasure Palace
23 January 2023
This short film documents my collaboration with Phil Withington, other academics, and creative partners to explore the significance of intoxicants in Ben Jonson’s The New Inn, and its connections to Bolsover Castle.
Our Virtual Exhibition is Now Live!
21 December 2022
Following a well-attended launch event last month, we’re thrilled to report that the project’s Virtual Exhibition is now live! Three years in the making, and conceived as a sort of digital scrapbook, the exhibition brings together over 1,500 exhibits – or ‘scraps’ – from archives, libraries, and museums. All relate to the introduction, circulation, sale, enjoyment, and regulation of new intoxicants in sites and spaces across our case study cities of Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, and Stockholm.