Trade news – November 2025

Young’s brewing again! To celebrate their 194th anniversary, Young’s decided to bring back Waggledance, the 4%…

Pub heritage and planning – November 2025

CAMRA is running its Pub Design Awards competition again this year.  The deadline was 17 November…

Introduction to the October / November 2025 edition

The autumn budget has been announced for 26 November.  This will be an important moment for…

Hall of fame

Here you will find a review of the latest edition of CAMRA’s London’s Real Heritage Pubs. …

CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2025

The competition to find Britain’s best pub, according to CAMRA’s guidelines, has reached the regional stage,…

Pub news – September 2025

In the previous edition we reported that the Cross Lances in Hounslow was ‘Closed – future…

Brewery news – September 2025

Crate expand Crate, the craft beer and pizza business, are opening a second site at Wood…

Book reviews – London’s Real Heritage Pubs

Much has changed since 2008 when the first edition of this book was published.  The pub…

Trade news – September 2025

Cask Ale Week Apologies from me.  Cask Ale Week, an annual event run by the Cask…

Book News – Porter and Stout: A Complete History

Just to remind readers, Martyn’s last work, Porter and Stout: A Complete History, is now available.…