The pool table research is interesting, as running a bar it is the only area where we have ahad any fights in the last two years. The question arises though on a like-on-like comparison between pubs with pool tables and pubs with giant Jenga, which c[…]

Behind the 8-ball This research is fascinating but it isn’t the only report that SIRC have published on pub life. The seminal work Conflict and Violence in Pubs has some interesting comments on how to design pubs to avoid trouble between the […]

My word! Something which appears to be your actual research on the pub! I haven’t had time to scour this but it seems distressingly right-headed for someone like me who likes to disagree with things in a curmudgeonly fashion. I have to say that[…]

Num num num! PUB FOOD. Whilst Wetherspoons generally = PUB HELL, one thing they do know is that the food they serve is merely an accompaniment to the (albiet rubbidge) DRINK. The proof is in the food + BEER special offers! Wetherspoons food is of the[…]

More charmless pubs ahoy! Wetherspoon’s financial reports are in and it’s good news (for them). It seems that even more old shops are going to be Wetherspoonised over the next few years. Not really a cause for jubilation.
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Just a quick note to anyone this might apply to (and its none of the regulars round here) but if I can hear your voice distinctly while I’m in the toilet – you are talking too loud.[…]

Pete’s being overly harsh about the George (and the Market Porter for that matter). The George is a fabulous-looking pub and serves fine beer. I agree that the service leaves a good deal to be desired when the place is busy, and I’ve neve[…]

THE GEORGE – Borough High Street
“Hello: I’m a London pub guide – would you mind if I fawn over you?” An imaginary conversation held twixt The George and every bloody pub guide out there. Why? Well undeniably the George […]

Just leave me alone! Pubs are for drinking in – that seems pretty obvious. For me, it’s no particular problem if people want to have too much to drink in a pub. Indeed, it’s not quite the same if there is no row of drunken sods pr[…]

Records which should not be played in pubs: Tom brings us to the awful spectre of Radiohead in pubs. I have nothing against the odd playing of Creep, Just or even bleeding Pyramid Song in a pub – the whole point of a jukebox is to throw up the […]