The Pub Curmudgeon

In this blogpost , Christopher Snowdon publishes the text of a speech he gave to the Future Pubs conference. In it, he mounts a trenchant at...

Last year, I expressed concern that Holt’s were planning to convert the Cheadle Hulme pub in the suburb of the same name to a “family dinin...

You often hear antismokers claiming that the smoking ban enjoys overwhelming public support, it has now become generally accepted, it is wat...

Congratulations to the Salutation Inn at Ham in Gloucestershire for winning CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year Award for 2015. As the article...

This time of year sees CAMRA branches across the country selecting the pubs they will include in the following year’s Good Beer Guide . They...

There have been a growing number of schemes where the police have started “requesting” nightclubs to breath-test customers before allowing t...

Boak and Bailey recently did an interesting blogpost on the subject of pub snacks . This raised another question – it’s often claimed that,...

I recently spotted an article listing the 16 Most Annoying Customer Types in pubs. I’ve never personally worked behind a bar, but I’ve talk...

The latest British Beer Barometer statistics from the BBPA show that, in 2014, overall UK beer sales rose by 1.3% over the previous year, t...

Following an accounting scandal and a dramatic downturn in trading figures, Tesco have announced the closure of 43 stores across the country...

The Green Party have recently enjoyed a marked rise in the opinion polls, and this week released a policy statement, which is well summarise...

Let’s imagine a new wave of pubs started opening in the UK. They were small, plain and unassuming, with no food, children, piped music or pa...

At the turn of the year, many people offer their predictions for the year to come. At the beginning of this year, I did so too , although th...

In the sidebar, I say of the possible reduction of the UK drink-driving limit that “In my, view this is at least as much a threat to pubs as...

It was sad, but not entirely surprising, news that Robinson’s Brewery are planning to phase out their 1892 cask mild from the end of April n...