01-12-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com

Dry bars offer redemption in the Christmas party season

A Victorian tradition is making a comeback with students and teetotalers boosting social enterprises across the UK“We have a strange relationship with alcohol in the UK. We feel guilty about how much we drink, but we hate anyone telling us we should drink less,” says Catherine Salway, co-founder of Redemption. Her business is a bar-restaurant with a difference: it doesn’t serve booze. As we embark on the festive season, dry bars could offer respite at a time when large amounts
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