Pity that the heavy drinkers of the Regency period couldn't manage anything useful, like revolution, while they imbibed all day, every day...

I am happy on the one hand that I can never attend this Reader's classes at whatever university where she holds forth, but on the other hand, what fun I would have...

Another reason Google is our friend: "Noelle is currently the Secretary-Treasurer of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society (http://alcoholanddrugshistorysociety.org) and a committee member of the Society for the Study of French History (http://frenchhistorysociety.co.uk)."