Tiny Rebel? Not any more thanks
Tiny Rebel Sexism: It feels like we have made great headway tackling misogyny, sexism and general discrimination within the beer and pub industry as a whole in recent years. But...
Category: beer
Hospitality UK: A Year in Review
Coronavirus has brought hospitality and events to their knees this year. Enforced closures and paltry support abounds. We look to 2021 we look through a glass darkly for the future...
#PubsMatter
Over the last few days people have been taking to social media to tell the world why #PubsMatter to them. The industry continues to suffer and die under the impossible...
The Substantial Meal – prohibition and the UK
SUBSTANTIAL MEAL: There have been a lot of fun conspiracy theories about the influence of the temperance lobby on UK policy recently. It is pretty clear that hospitality has been...
#LeicesterLockdown: The Food Edition
I have decided I need to get used to blogging with a little more brevity than I’m used to, what with an 8 week old in tow who does not...
Work in progress: The CAMRA biography
While we all now find ourselves in lockdown, and furloughed from our day jobs, the time to continue with freelance projects has never been more surprisingly abundant. In my case,...
COMPETITION: Leicester Beer Festival
It’s less than a week until the Leicester Beer Festival launches its 2020 edition, with a theme of 20/20 Vision. Hosted once again within the spacious and pleasingly central surrounds...
Best Pub in Leicester 2019
You may remember that in September there was a terrible ‘poll‘ in a well respected local newspaper asking punters to vote for their favourite pub in the city. Now there...
