The inside story: our editor’s liver

Posted by Axegrinder on 5 August 2008 at 08:00
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Axegrinder raises his glass (filled with non-alcoholic German wine, obviously) to Marc Astley, editor of the Express & Echo in Exeter, who is currently putting his booze intake under the spotlight in an experiment for BBC Radio Devon. Astley, who is known to like a drop of red wine and the odd can of Kronenbourg 1664, will be examined by a liver expert at the end of the challenge and told just how much – or how little – damage he is doing to his body.

“If nothing else, this whole process has made me stop, think and question my habits and it has prompted people I know to look at their lifestyles too,” says Astley. “I’ve consumed more than 30 units over a seven-day period – that’s nine more than is recommended for a man.”

We love that sentence, especially the “more than 30 units” bit. Go on Marc, tell us exactly how many “more than 30”. Or are there some things the readers of the Express & Echo are better off not knowing?

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