Reviews

When I told a friend I was heading to this pub he sucked the air in through his teeth and wished me ‘good luck’.

I’ve recently been told I must take better care of myself so when I was invited to try a new wellbeing experience locally, I jumped at the chance.

There seemed to be a bit of a signal issue at the Drayman’s Arms when I walked in.

In this brave new world of virtue signalling and a desperate need to belong, I must admit I have no idea where I fit in.

After its sell-out run of Jack Absolute Flies Again last year, Shoestring is packing out the theatre once more.

“I’m calling it a night,” said the bloke, slapping his empty pint glass on the bar and staggering a little uneasily out the door.

There was a bit of banter flying around the Red Lion as I waited to place my order at the bar.

Our Secret Drinker was delighted to find one of his favourite beers at this pub — but did the place and the price live up to the excitement too?

We all have our own favourite kind of humour — slap-stick, dead-pan, cheeky etc.

The Witch and Wardrobe may sound like it’s one beast short of a CS Lewis novel, but this likeable pub doesn’t appear to be lacking much else.

There were no winter blues at this café offering a traditional Hawaiian dish and a little bit of sunshine.

I was sitting in The Tollemache Inn, racking my brain to see if I could think of any other pubs named after a politician.

The King’s Head is a very cool place.

Prince William and Ewan McGregor are among those to have signed the ceiling of this pub, but that’s by no means the most interesting thing here.

Is there any better way to relax than to sup a pint in a pub haunted by a figure with a sinister role in the Black Death?

The great small wins are the ones you’re not expecting at all.

More than 140 people turned out for a carol concert on a wet evening.

Some pubs just have the wow factor. But Watergate Yard takes things to extremes.

A sentimental festive gift and successful day out at the garden centre with my pooch – what more could you ask for?

Ambitious arrangements brought a creative twist to a carol concert in a traditional setting.