The Pub Curmudgeon

I was struck by this piece from Chimp magazine (?!) who gathered together a panel to discuss the state of the pub trade in Manchester. Th...

Phil Mellows points out here two aspects of the Coalition’s proposed licensing reforms that have the potential to cause serious problems fo...

I have been having a further look through the North Review which recommends cutting the UK drink-drive limit. It has to be said that the en...

Attractive pub in a prominent location, with an extensive food menu. Not as busy as you think it should be, but then again, when are most pu...

Last year I wrote about how few pubs had made much of an effort in providing smoking shelters. But I said in the comments “I think it will ...

I have just concluded a poll asking the question “Should private members’ clubs be allowed to offer indoor smoking areas?” The result, with ...

Critics of the proposed reduction of the drink-drive limit point out the impact it would have on rural pubs and on rural social life in gene...

There was an encouraging outbreak of common sense recently from Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in his evidence to the House of Commons Hea...

Taken from Sp!ked , musician Joe Jackson explains why it's time to extinguish this illiberal, undemocratic, junk science-inspired legis...

The article I linked to last week about hoppy mid-Atlantic pale ales brought to mind an indigenous beer style similar in colour but rather ...

The Observer reports with predictable outrage that tobacco companies are using “edge-of-the-law” tactics to get round the tobacco advertis...

Good news that the coalition government are reported to be considering scrapping Labour’s plan to ban the display of tobacco products in sho...

Some salutary words for the pub trade here from Chris Snowdon, in response to this article from Adam Fowle of M&B pleading for special...

There’s an interesting article in the current issue of Opening Times – the Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA newsletter – by Gazza Pre...

Apparently fakecharity Alcohol Concern Wales want to have a “national debate” about the future of alcohol sales in petrol stations . This st...