The Pub Curmudgeon

In an attempt to revive the hospitality trade, the government have announced an Eat Out to Help Out initiative, under which customers of ...

Unexpected traumatic events often lead to major changes in behaviour and policy, some of which are temporary, while others prove to be perma...

It is now just over two weeks since pubs in England were allowed to reopen following the lockdown on July 4th, albeit under restrictions as ...

CAMRA have stated their intention not to include any information on pub opening hours in the 2021 Good Beer Guide , which is due to be bel...

Earlier this week, the government announced, after much speculation, that they were going to require people to wear face coverings in shops ...

As pubs and pubgoers emerged blinking into the light after the long, grim months of the lockdown, they were confronted with a landscape that...

Last week, I ran a Twitter poll on people’s attitudes to returning to the pub yesterday, the results of which are shown below. What is perha...

A week ago last Tuesday, the government confirmed that pubs in England would be allowed to reopen under certain conditions tomorrow, Saturda...

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a flurry of speculation about whether pubs would actually be allowed to reopen on July 4th and,...

There have been a number of reports that the government is planning to give the go-ahead for pubs to open outside drinking areas from 22 Ju...

Over the past eleven weeks of the lockdown, queuing, especially to get into supermarkets, has become an unwelcome fact of life for most of u...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote how taking a whole population approach to the “war on obesity” could have many undesirable consequences . One...

Earlier this week, I blogged about a Twitter poll I was running about people’s attitude to returning to pubs post-lockedown . This has now f...

A concern that has been expressed by many in the trade is that, even when pubs are allowed to reopen, many of their previous customers may b...

Over the past couple of days, I’ve spotted a couple of eloquent and poignant blogposts about what we are currently missing through our pubs ...