Credit: Far Out / David Squires
David Squires delves into… the tricky and sticky story of a dynasty drink business
Ask any dynasty and they will happily tell you that the hardest part is finding a successor.
That’s the same for any business, be it legacy media a la Logan Roy and his band of bratty nepo babies in Succession or those in the murky world of alcohol.
As House of Guinness takes hold of Netflix and becomes perhaps the most interesting story about the booze-du-jour ever committed to the screen (some feat!), our cartoonist, David Squires, looks at the trials and tribulations of a different family.
This one isn’t as rich, nor as velvety, but it certain packed a punch, and usually a few kicks too, as it trickled down every high street in Britain.
Welcome to the brightly blue world of the WKD family.
