‘These drinks will cling on to the “wine” name like a climber on a cliff edge’

Unfamiliar to many, shrubs are making waves in the zero-alcohol category. But what is a shrub and how do you drink one?

Your guide to the latest trends in spirits and cocktails

We’ve never been more clear-headed about the benefits of ridding alcohol from our routines. But without a hangover to justify Sunday sofa rot, the weekend chill is becoming a lost art. In a world that downgrades rest, does going dry put you at risk of pouring from an empty cup?

After riding a tandem the length of Britain stopping only by pubs, Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham argue that bikes and beer do mix – and that pedal-pushers need to keep pint-pullers in business

‘We are seeing a shift back towards the known, the familiar and, ultimately, the comforting’