Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
Bare minimum
Taking a seat inside a popular central Manchester bar, I scroll my finger down the menu, deciding what to order for lunch. Opting for a double cheeseb...
Consider the power of your words...
Letâs cut out the irresponsible comms this Christmas Warning: this article features an account of a suicide attempt and childhood trauma. It was a Fri...
Gone too soon
Itâs amazing how sometimes we donât notice the things that are right under our noses. My sisterâs recent death, shortly before her 50th birthday, has...
Spread Eagle â visit once...
Loose Chippings is a straggling village on the edge of the salt marshes and was one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements in England. It was abandon...
Pubsâ business rates blow
A post-Budget business rates bombshell could see scores of pubs closing as they face massive hikes in the amount they pay. The increases fly in the fa...
Long road back for Bass
Draught Bass may be in a pub near you. If I had written that 20 years ago, I would have been carried off to the funny farm, as Bass was the leading pr...
Beer poached pears with beer caramel sauce
A couple of weeks ago I spent some time sampling cask beer along the south coast of England. I tried some delightful new beers as well as revisiting o...
One beer does not a good pub make
Last month Timeout published its annual â50 best pubs in Londonâ list. Compiled by a handful of writers, including editor Leonie Cooper and bonafide p...
Coopers and casks
The Burton union sets were not the only ones to retire from the Carlsberg Marstonâs Brewing Company (CMBC), now Carlsberg Britvic, on 31 May 2024. The...
Freebies tax could be a gift to indies
In news that will have seen some beer writers crying into their gifted Fullerâs Vintage Ales, HMRC has recently clarified that content creators must d...
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