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On 1st November, the ellwood atfield gallery hosted the launch of Ben Wright’s book “Order, Order! The rise and fall of political drinking”.
Ben Wright, Political Correspondent at BBC News launched his first book “Order, Order! The rise and fall of political drinking”. We all gathered for a fun evening bringing together friends and peers from the media and politics. All the books were grasped: get your own or buy a copy as a Christmas present – available here.
After an introduction and a few anecdotes from Ben Wright’s book, we all raised our glass to the history of politics and alcohol.
A glass of Bells for Mrs T. in the evening – that’s how she unwound as she kicked her heels off at the end of the day on the Downing street sofa. She was practically teetotal compared to her husband Denis, golf-loving, gin-swilling Denis.
the evening in photos
Laura Kuenssberg, Political Editor at BBC News
![_MG_1658 Tom Watson at EA Event](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1658-200x300.jpg)
![_MG_1451 John Pienaar at EA Event](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1451-200x300.jpg)
Tom Watson MP
John Pienaar, Deputy Political Editor of BBC News
![Ed Victor Ed Victor at Event](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ed-Victor-263x300.jpg)
![_MG_1764 Michael Crick](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1764-271x300.jpg)
Ed Victor CBE, Literary Agent
Michael Crick, Political Correspondent at Channel 4 News
![_MG_1400 People at EA Event](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1400-1024x683.jpg)
Grant Tucker, The Times and Joanna Bell, London Evening Standard
![_MG_1516 GH at event](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1516-1024x683.jpg)
![_MG_1680 Book launch](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1680-300x200.jpg)
Geraldine Hetherington, Ellwood Atfield and Dave Roberts, Director General, Alcohol Information Partnership
Hilary O’Neill, Deputy Editor at BBC News, Ben Wright and Charlie Bell, Weekend Editor, BBC Radio 4 News Programme
![_MG_1607 BA at Event](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1607-300x200.jpg)
![_MG_1685 EA Event](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1685-300x200.jpg)
Charlie Brotherstone at Ed Victor and Ben Atfield
Ed Victor and Charlie Brotherstone
![_MG_1746 Michael Crick](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1746-1-300x200.jpg)
![_MG_1708 JS at event](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1708-300x200.jpg)
Geraldine Hetherington, Ellwood Atfield; Michael Crick, Channel 4 News; Tom Ewen, Ellwood Atfield
Kristin Kaplan Wolfe, SABMiller and Jules Shelley, Ellwood Atfield
![_MG_1555 EA gallery](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1555-1024x683.jpg)
Michael Brown and Lord Strathclyde
![_MG_1735 EA Gallery](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1735-1024x683.jpg)
Kitty Clothier and Lizzie Goodburn, Chief of Staff at AFME Association for Financial Markets in Europe
![_MG_1466 EA Gallery](https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MG_1466-1024x683.jpg)
Jake Berry MP, Alex Chalk MP