Once the drink of the masses, gin has been reinventing itself over the last two decades. In pre-Victorian days gin was drank in preference to water as the water was so contaminated, and it was so cheap that even the homeless on the street could afford it. It picked up the name mother’s ruin as…
The British pub is loved all around the world, and in many places envied as well. It is not just a place to drink beer, and it is so different to American-style bars and European cafes. The British pub is the focal point of the community, it is a place to get and relay local…
One of the classic arguments on the topic of British sport revolves around whether darts, pool and snooker should be regarded as sports.
For many years, pub landlords have tried to devise different ways to entice people into their pubs, especially the ones who do not necessarily come to enjoy a beer.
There was a period after the Second World War when inner city areas were ruled by gangs of restless youths.
There have been numerous pubs that have been written about in literature – some of which are real, and some have been made up.
One of the most recent types of bars to appear are sports bars. There have always been televisions in pubs and whenever a major sporting event has taken place people have met with friends in bars to view the big events. However, in the last decade spots bars have started to operate in the UK.…
A pub chain is a group of pubs with the same brand image. In the UK pubs are either tenanted or managed. The tenant rents the pub for an agreed amount of time and then can leave at the end of the agreement if they wish to do so. The manager works for one of…
If British communities are viewed as being based around the local pub, then the country side pub is the image that most people would associate with the British and warm summer days. When the city has time off there is belief that many of its inhabitants will make their way out to enjoy the natural…
The emergence of gastro pubs is something that has been happening over an extended period of time. As early as the start of the 20th century publicans started to realize that in order to increase their trade they needed to attract a wider customer base from just working men, who would view the pub as…