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Remembering a real ale hero
Blues guitarist Colin Walker opened an afternoon and evening of live entertainment at the Sair Inn at Linthwaite, West Yorkshire, as regulars gathered...
World’s biggest pub quiz returns
The World’s Biggest Pub Quiz will be returning to pubs in March, with a new charity partner in Shelter and a new way to host and play using online qui...
Pub campaigners overturn planning permission
Planning permission to turn a Bristol pub into flats was unanimously refused by councillors almost a year since it was first granted, writes Chris Fau...
Pubco’s post-lockdown recovery
Pub company Marston’s reported a cut in revenue for the financial year but said trading had rebuilt since the easing of lockdown measures. The pubco’s...
Queen’s takes Fuller’s crown
The Queen’s Head in Dorking, Surrey has been named Fuller’s pub of the year. Queen’s licensee Manu Bhatt (above left)  was presented with the Griffin...
CAMRA writers take top awards
CAMRA authors and BEER contributors took the top honours in the British Guild of Beer Writers annual awards. Pete Brown (pictured centre with other aw...
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...
Inspirational pub heritage campaigner dies
Those of us who have been involved with the pub heritage movement were devastated to learn of the sudden, unexpected death on 18 November of Dr Geoff...
Obsessive pub visitor turned eccentricity into an art form
Stuart Ashby died in November after contracting Covid. His name may not mean much to many, but Stuart visited close to 21,000 pubs all from the Good B...
Duty changes will hit smallest brewers hardest
Government has set out its plans to change small brewers relief (SBR). The plans are welcomed by most of the country’s small brewers, but the very sma...
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