Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
What is CAMRA to you?
CAMRA has been an integral part of my life for more than 20 years – since before I even knew it – and I’m hugely grateful. I’d been following Blackpoo...
Victory from the jaws of defeat?
It can be hard to feel positive about the UK sometimes. Prime ministers barely outlast the gestation of a ferret. The cost of, well, everything is spi...
‘Dialling up’ pressure on pubs
A memo to Ken Murphy, the boss of Tesco: “How many more pubs would you like to see close?” It’s a chilling statistic: 50 pubs a month are shutting. No...
US craft beer celebration returns
Beer festivals around the world come in many iterations but none push the borders of innovation and discovery quite like the Great American Craft Beer...
End of an era at guide treasure
One of the joys of upping sticks to an entirely new place is discovering the pubs and breweries on your new doorstep. Right at the top of my to-do lis...
Rising costs put pubs at risk
Twin crises are endangering pubs and breweries. Pubs face escalating costs that send the price of beer rocketing and lead to a loss of customers. The...
Urgent action need to fight energy crisis
We breathed a collective sigh of relief when the pandemic came to an end and pubs were able to trade again. Little did we know what was hurtling down...
Putting beer on the menu for the next generation
Anyone who’s lucky enough to take part in a fine dining event will know that the drinks offer rarely extends beyond “red or white”? Which is why it wa...
What’s in a London Pub Name?
Londoners, want to know which pub is named after a bare-knuckle boxer, or a colour of chicken? Or which pubs inspired the names of tube stations? Well...
The good, the bad and the ugly of our pubs
The pub trade is reminiscent of one of those old Spaghetti Westerns – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. We saw the ugly side last month when spokesmen f...
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