Drinking

One minute you're the talk of the Krakow bar, the next it's a dark mattress and a heavy door, and it could happen to anyone.

No one will care that you carried twenty-seven pints if they're all empty by the time you get back to the table, you charlatan.

A scientist explains how drugs work and why you take them.

At its best, an old-fashioned boozer is a joy to behold. At its worst, it's where dreams go to die and mutants congregate in packs. Here are Essex's seven worst pubs.

Twenty pubs in four months with my little girl - an achievement I remain strangely proud of...

My friends think I've made it up, but being walked home by a horse is one of the most random and touching moments of my life...

Heading off to uni thinking you should just 'be yourself?' Think again. You're going to need to create a fake, more interesting, persona to impress your peers. Here are a few guidelines to get you started.

We drank our tins of Satzenbrau shivering on the school roof looking across the streetlit mid-Ulster valley that was my hometown of Banbridge. Another Friday night without a care.