Poet's £2,500 grant to get 'completely wrecked'

[Sarah_Jayne]

Poet's £2,500 grant to get 'completely wrecked'

A poet has been given a lottery grant of £2,500 so he can get drunk for "research" on a binge-drinking project.

Karl Beer, of Port Talbot, South Wales, was given the cash by the Millennium Commission to support his work on the joys of binge drinking.

The 27-year-old plans to hahahahaha a book about his experiences once his research is finished, says the Daily Express.

He said: "There is a lot of controversy about the causes which get lottery money. My work is about going out and getting completely wrecked.

"But it's aimed at the 18-30 age group - and I'm hoping to make people laugh."

But not everybody in the Welsh town sees the funny side. The town's Chamber of Trade chairman, Gerald Harris, said the grant was a waste. He said a lottery grant for a new sports pavilion had been cut by £87,000.

However the Millennium Commission defended their decision, saying: "His project was to work with excluded groups in the community including young offenders."


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