Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
Stick to beer
In these politically complex times, the value of a great beer in a good pub can’t be overstated. It’s here, within the heart of a proper community loc...
What beer can learn from Batham's
It was a mid-week lunchtime and I had travelled 150 miles, traversing city, town and country to reach my destination. But, boy, was this a destination...
The greatest long drink in the world
Have Carlsberg, Heineken and other global brewers been rereading George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 where the truth is consigned to a memory hole an...
A great British tradition
Beer Festivals: Â A Great British Tradition Laura Hadland, CAMRA Books, ÂŁ15.99 Laura Hadland is not only a fine journalist and beer writer but has also...
Price of reality
I have a rule when I see Thornbridge Jaipur on cask: I always order it. At 5.9 per cent it might not always be the most sensible decision, but it is d...
Branch founder and saviour remembered
CAMRA’s Bexley branch was saddened to hear of the death of its longest-serving chairman and only president Martyn Nicholls. For a few months in 1975 B...
Hard cheese for UK brewers
I arrived at Round Corner Brewing in Melton Mowbray on the day another small independent brewery had pulled down the shutters. Northern Alchemy in New...
Beer’s man of letters
Martyn Cornell, beer writer and acclaimed brewing historian, has died suddenly at the age of 72 on the eve of the publication of his major study of th...
In a gadda da vida
As I write these words, the sky outside my window is the most vivid shade of blue. There is a handful of the laziest, fluffy clouds you can imagine fl...
Standing up for what’s right
Introduced in May 1988 by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government, Section 28 is a piece of legislation that is now, thankfully, consigned to the...
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