They’re big, they’re bland, they can destroy your will to live, and they’re opening everywhere. Could the real future of the British boozer be the living hell that is… the Sunday dinner pub? Continue reading
Despite boasting some distinctly decent boozers, Hertfordshire doesn’t quite seem to have caught up with the real ale revolution. I find myself down this way two or three times a year, visiting in-laws, and the beer never quite hits the spot. What’s with that? Don’t get me wrong: there’s plenty of real ale. But it’s … Continue reading
Pub visits this week 6 Locations St Albans, Sheffield Is it another bank holiday? I’m starting to lose track. But that would at least explain why I’m in a pub on a Monday afternoon 150 miles from home. Regular readers – or indeed irregular readers who happened upon the previous A Week in Pubs – … Continue reading
Pub visits this week 4 Locations Hatfield, Colney Heath, St Albans Long ago, when I was young and daft, I bought into the idea that southern England is inherently less friendly than the north. I suppose when you’re young and daft, and you don’t know who you are yet, you sometimes reach for stereotypes to … Continue reading