BOOZE CULTURE IS AS OLD AS THE HILLS: Stephanie Pain reviews Patrick McGovern’s Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages. “Rather than the root of all evil, alcohol is the root of all that makes us human: art, music, religion and other aspects of our culture all got their start in palaeolithic binge-drinking. That’s the theory, and McGovern has found plenty of evidence to support it.” Sounds like a good interview prospect for Stephen Green . . . .