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...
Category: opinion
#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...
We ate out, did it help out?
So here we are, still in lockdown, and the Eat Out to Help Out scheme came to a close this week. The government paid 50% off your bill up to...
The Easing of the #LeicesterLockdown
Leicester lockdown easing! Like most of you, I have been following the news avidly over the last 24 hours, trying to understand the easing of #LeicesterLockdown. Obviously it would have...
BOOK REVIEW: The Wine Explorer
Former wine merchant turned wine writer Graham Mitchell’s latest book is a joyful read, drawing on his years of travel as a wine buyer and sharing the experiences of the...
The Wisdom of Crowds: Eating Out
According to James Surowiecki’s theory of the wisdom of crowds, aggregating the decisions of groups will often give a better answer than could be come up with by one individual...
What’s wrong with Leicester?
I’ve been honoured to write about Leicester for more than 10 years on this blog. In that time I’ve seen a definite increase in the quality and quantity of food...
