Prof Julia Sinclair News Today

This celebrity documentary is a rare beast: a compassionate and courageous examination of alcoholism – inspired by the death of the singer’s brother

<strong>Letters: </strong>We mustn’t accept a rise in alcoholism as inevitable, writes <strong>Prof Woody Caan</strong>, while <strong>Isabella Stone</strong> bemoans taxpayers having to fund No 10’s boozy culture. Plus letters from <strong>Catherine King, Mike Pender </strong>and <strong>Owen Wells</strong>

Johnson accused of abolishing licence fee as a distraction … 8 million Britons drinking too much … and Ruth Davidson on mental health and politics