How paint and sip events became the worst thing to happen to our social lives

Hen do season is on the march, and that means one thing: you’ll have to pretend to enjoy painting a naff still life while drinking a glass of wine. Katie Rosseinsky looks at the rise and rise of this big night out no-one ever wants to go to


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