The shape of things to come? Like most people I know, I try to follow the CV19 restrictions and I can see the logic for many of them. In oth...

The Southport & West Lancs branch of CAMRA will shortly be presenting its branch awards to local pubs, bars and clubs. These awards are ...

The Treasury has announced changes to Small Brewers Relief (SBR) – the progressive tax system that has revolutionised UK brewing. These chan...

The impressive North Western JDW pub, Lime Street, Liverpool I've written a few times, most recently in  September last year , about...

When I was 17, our scout troop went on a camping trip around the area where the borders of Austria, Yugoslavia (as it still was) and Italy...

Little Mix's fifth album No one could ever accuse me of being a Little Mix fan; apart from anything else, I am definitely not part o...

One of the rooms in the Guest House (floor not shown) The last time I went for such an extended time without going to the pub was forty ...

Two locked down pubs in Churchtown, Southport. The Bold (left) and the Hesketh (in the distance) The order to close pubs, like man...

Bill Tidy has announced in the latest edition of the CAMRA newspaper  What's Brewing  the sad demise of the legendary real ale campaigne...

The Four Ashes in Waterloo The Four Ashes is a micropub in Waterloo which opened just three years ago. It is on a street corner, close t...

Liverpool's Philharmonic Dining Rooms I paid a visit to the Philharmonic Dining Rooms, Liverpool, last week. This pub has just been ...

Two discriminating women drinkers at the GBBF Photocredit: Tom Leishman This year sees a couple of important anniversaries. Firstly, th...

The Crown, Lime Street, Liverpool I was a student at Padgate College in Warrington in the 1970s. The area at that time had three breweri...

Ralph's Wife's bar in Banks A friend told me about a new bar that had opened about five months ago in Banks, Ralph's Wife...

Quite a few years ago when I was a regional union rep, I sometimes attended meetings in Leeds.  After one meeting, I saw in the office a ...

All in the evening except § • Sun 1st: Saskia Griffiths-Moore - Bothy Folk Club, Park Road West. • Mon 2nd: Singaround - Guest House, ...

Am I alone in thinking that real ale tasting notes are mostly pretentious twaddle? I picked up Wetherspoon's guest ale tasting notes a...

My friend Roland (left) and I in St George's Hall  for the last beer festival Tickets are now on sale for the St George'...