Serenhedd James talks to Brian Scarffe, the founder of Monastic Order, about his project and his vision for its future.

Another day; another interview. This time about a company that’s importing monastic wine and beer from Europe to the UK. No doubt the usual trope of bibulous monks, and a hefty side-helping of qui bibit, sanctus est. I thought the director of the company would probably be in the “spiritual but not religious”, category, and so on. Well (and I can already hear the rest of the Herald editorial team discreetly scribbling a note in their diaries), I was wrong.