Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
Landlord lifts Doom gloom
I took a break from driving last month at a pub on the Beds/Bucks border fittingly called the Travellers Rest. It’s an old coaching inn with beams, lo...
Kent’s great survivor keeps it local
Goachers is a great survivor. The brewery was launched in 1983 by Phil and Debbie Goacher and it’s not only one of the country’s oldest small independ...
Have a beer and save the planet
Drink beer and help save the planet?  It’s a serious question – so serious that I was delighted to see CAMRA had launched a Drink Greener scheme to co...
Number crunching pubs’ post-pandemic recovery
Many people are still reluctant to return to the pub but there are welcome signs of recovery. In its latest research report, Leisure Spotlight 2021,...
London beer after lockdown
Author Des de Moor says the lockdown may be over but the long-term impact on pubs and bars is unclear.
Fight now to halt catastrophic cask sales fall
I had half an hour to kill waiting for a train at King’s Lynn station following a visit to Elgood’s brewery in neighbouring Wisbech so I crossed the r...
Brewers abhor a vacuum
We were supping fine beer from the Navigation Brewery in the Cross Keys in Nottingham and the man sitting next to me said that when he moved to the ci...
Modern British Beer review
This copiously illustrated and extensively researched 288-page book provides a reflection as to how British beer has evolved over the last 50 years, a...
Cask beer is on the up
Pardon my alliteration, but real ale is remarkably resilient. During lockdowns and pub closures, there were concerns that cask beer was heading for th...
A place to sigh, cry and laugh softly
A glance around the internet will unavoidably reveal the topic of grief. But why the internet? Are people not grieving in places of worship or similar...
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