Posts by: David Jesudason
Should Big Beer be allowed to own pubs?
A customer walks into a Star Pub and asks for a local beer. It sounds like a feed line of a joke – and maybe this is a very dark one – but I witnessed...
What about the workers?
“You haven’t heard of this pub? Why would you?” A few years ago, a neighbour was telling me about her new job in a local bar a bus ride away. Despite...
Time to take a stand
The news that Westminster council could end standing at the bar or outside Soho pubs seems so far-fetched that I thought it was a joke, something stra...
Where do you stand on white label beer?
CAMRA’s recent campaign to take on multinational beer masquerading as local craft is not only admirable but brave in its scope. Yes, most of us know t...
They call it puppy love
Any dog owner will tell you about the difficulty they face appearing not to be over-rehearsed when fielding questions from curious passersby or even o...
Why pride is still important
Sadly, it’s not unusual these days to be online and suddenly confronted with the type of prejudice that should’ve been consigned to the dustbin of his...
Beware of fake news about pubs
You may have seen the headline screaming “Government tells pubs to serve warm beer” to counter rising energy costs. This, of course, looks like anothe...
Why beer beats coffee for social cohesion
There’s a coffee shop near me that’s a relic of a time before improved transport links made this part of South-East London unaffordable for most poten...
How pubs help us to mourn
It was a battleship-grey January afternoon but the mood for one man inside the pub was even more ashen. While the fruit machines luridly flashed and l...
Consider the power of your words...
Let’s cut out the irresponsible comms this Christmas Warning: this article features an account of a suicide attempt and childhood trauma. It was a Fri...
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