Beer is central to British popular culture. Which is a shame, says Luke Haines, because at least one major beer appreciation society has managed to reproduce all the racism and sexism that are the worst aspects of the UK. One of the interesting parallels between England and America is that both countries have a North/South…

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  By Luke Haines   Quick question: What’s the one thing the world needs more of right now? Some of you may have said “love,” or “tolerance,” still others would say “education” or “clean water.” If your answer was “little, piddling slips of paper” or “casual littering,” then you probably work for Costa Coffee.  Costa…

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