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What the Colonel ordered 25 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
Three years ago I wrote about the new wave of super-premium ales that were appearing on the supermarket shelves. Since then, they have settled in to their own niche and, despite their strength, failed...
Diners keep out 24 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
This recently-spotted sign must really be one of the worst examples of officious pub nonsense I have ever encountered. In the past, you would sometimes see signs saying “People in working clothes in p...
Priced out 24 Aug 2013 | 03:37 pm
In the recent poll I ran on reasons deterring people from visiting pubs, “High Prices” came a strong second after the obvious front-runner. Pubs have certainly gained a reputation for being expensive,...
Change your hearts or lose your inns 22 Aug 2013 | 03:23 pm
H/t to Frank Davis for this letter recently published in the Blackburn, Darwen, and Hyndburn Citizen: Change your hearts or lose your inns The English pub was the envy of the world, where it was cop...
Reasons to be fearful 21 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Interesting results (and a massive turnout) for my poll on reasons deterring people from visiting pubs. I created this as a response to various discussions as to whether the decline of pubs was inevit...
More hours, fewer drinks 20 Aug 2013 | 04:05 pm
There’s some possibly surprising news that the extended opening hours following the 2003 Licensing Act have actually led to a reduction in drink-drive casualties amongst younger people, particularly a...
Can you handle the truth? 19 Aug 2013 | 12:31 pm
This month marks the third anniversary of my Closed Pubs blog, during which time I have recorded nearly 450 closed pubs. The past decade or so surely represents an absolute disaster for British pubs,...
Turning the tide 18 Aug 2013 | 06:35 pm
In the comments, Matthew Lawrenson recently asked, perfectly reasonably, whether there was anything that could be done to increase the amount of customers in pubs. Realistically, at least in terms of ...
How quaint! 16 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
There’s a specific school of writing about pubs that concentrates not so much on either beer or internal fittings, but on their place in Britain’s history, culture and vernacular architectural traditi...
Don’t drink, don’t smoke? What do you do? 15 Aug 2013 | 10:56 pm
From time to time, you come across articles by non-drinkers claiming that drinking has become the norm in society, and that non-drinkers are ridiculed, ostracised and portrayed as party-poopers. The l...
