Dr Phil Withington is an expert on the role of intoxicants in the early modern period from the University of Cambridge. Dr Withington recently offered expert historical evidence to the Health Select Committee examining current day alcohol consumption in the UK. This talk offers a case study of how historical research – even on the early-modern period – can be used to inform contemporary policymaking.
This talk was given as part of the Using Archival Sources to Inform Contemporary Debates training course, which was held at The National Archives, Kew, on the 16 and 17 February 2010.