23 April 2025
Forget everything you think you know about the circus — there was no ringmaster and no random acts here.
18 April 2025
“Dog’s welcome. People tolerated.”
17 April 2025
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?
11 April 2025
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.
04 April 2025
The Still is a real grand-looking old boozer.
31 March 2025
A choral society provides a moving performance at a cathedral.
28 March 2025
With a whiff of summer in the air I thought it would be a good time to start checking out some beer gardens.
27 March 2025
When it comes to eating out, I’m a simple creature.
21 March 2025
When I told a friend I was heading to this pub he sucked the air in through his teeth and wished me ‘good luck’.
21 March 2025
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.
14 March 2025
There seemed to be a bit of a signal issue at the Drayman’s Arms when I walked in.
07 March 2025
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.
05 March 2025
After its sell-out run of Jack Absolute Flies Again last year, Shoestring is packing out the theatre once more.
28 February 2025
“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.
21 February 2025
There was a bit of banter flying around the Red Lion as I waited to place my order at the bar.
14 February 2025
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?
12 February 2025
We all have our own favourite kind of humour — slap-stick, dead-pan, cheeky etc.
07 February 2025
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.
06 February 2025
There were no winter blues at this café offering a traditional Hawaiian dish and a little bit of sunshine.
31 January 2025
I was sitting in The Tollemache Inn, racking my brain to see if I could think of any other pubs named after a politician.