Reviews

Forget everything you think you know about the circus — there was no ringmaster and no random acts here.

“Dog’s welcome. People tolerated.”

You know those meals where you end up jumping into a photo booth, learning a new pub game and examining the signature of a Madchester icon?

Fans of zombie movies and TV series will know all too well those scenes where the story’s hero finds themself in a normal place… but bizarrely alone.

The Still is a real grand-looking old boozer.

A choral society provides a moving performance at a cathedral.

With a whiff of summer in the air I thought it would be a good time to start checking out some beer gardens.

When it comes to eating out, I’m a simple creature.

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.