Drink & Society - Varieties of Nationalism

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DRINK AND SOCIETY Different drinks have come to prominence in different times, places and cultures, from stone-age villages to Ancient Greek dining rooms or Enlightenment coffee houses. What do they tell us about the course of human history? Laurie Taylor is joined by Tom Standage, Business Editor at The Economist and the author of a new book entitled A History of the World in Six Glasses, and historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto who is Prince of Asturias Professor at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. They discuss how beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and cola have influenced the events and patterns of history. VARIETIES OF NATIONALISM This evening, Roy Foster, Professor of Irish History Oxford University is giving the Eva Colorni Memorial Lecture. It is entitled Forward to Methuselah: Varieties of National Identity, and discusses the survival and changing influence of nationalism from the early 19th century to the present day.