Showing posts with label Beer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beer. Show all posts
Saturday, October 24, 2026

The Joy of Six 1596

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Chris Grey detects "an upsurge of discussion about whether and how the UK could join (or 'rejoin') the EU, whether that would ...
Sunday, September 27, 2026

Olivia Rodrigo: Brutal

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As Lord Bonkers mentioned, or tried to mention, this track in his foreword to the latest Liberator Songbook, I thought I would investigate ...
Saturday, August 01, 2026

Under the Influence? A new report on alcohol at Westminster

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When the newly elected Hannah Spencer  – the Green victor in this year's Gorton and Denton by-election – voiced her shock at the role al...
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Monday, March 16, 2026

When John Smith's Magnet Ales were advertised across York

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When I was a student in York the corner shops in the backstreets all had advertising John Smith's Magnet Ales. The shops have mostly clo...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Ben Maguire fights to save Sharp's Brewery in Rock

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Ben Maguire, the Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, has called the planned closure of Sharp's brewery in his constituency "dev...
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Friday, February 27, 2026

The Joy of Six 1481

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"Other guests at the party included Mandelson’s good friend Nathaniel (Nat) Rothschild, a financier and heir to the Rothschild fortune ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

The Joy of Six 1477

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Martin Parr  looks at successful and unsuccessful attempts to depose a prime minister: "Labour, significantly, has never toppled a prim...
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Sunday, January 25, 2026

The Joy of Six 1466

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Jess Asato , Labour MP for Lowestoft, says AI nudification is the latest weapon of violence against women and girls: "Using AI to strip...
Monday, November 10, 2025

The Joy of Six 1433

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Before his books about the Royal Family, Andrew Lownie wrote about Britain's intelligence services. He found them much more helpful tha...
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Wadworth brewery in Devizes transformed by demolition

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For what I believe is the first time, Wiltshire's Gazette & Herald wins our Headline of the Day Award. Don't worry: the historic...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2025

Bishop's Castle: The Poetry Pharmacy and a shuttered Three Tuns

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I went back to Bishop's Castle last Friday, when all the shops were open. The most important recent addition to the town is the Poetry P...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Wits in Felixstowe: The genesis of Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad

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Filmed at King's College, Cambridge, and on the Suffolk coast, Wits in Felixstowe looks at the genesis, influences and setting of M.R. J...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Book Review... All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between by Mike Parker

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This review appears in the new issue of Liberator. You can download it free of charge from the magazine's website. All the Wide Border:...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Hunting for the Bonkers Arms in Medbourne

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I went to Medbourne today. The county's new on-demand bus service has made dozens of villages easy to reach - it's just a shame that...
Monday, June 02, 2025

Lord of the Flies: Had William Golding read Richard Jefferies?

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Accounts of the writing of William Golding's Lord of the Flies tend to emphasise the influence of R.M Ballantyne's The Coral Island...

Foxes on a speedboat: Birrificio Angelo Poretti's Welcome to the Lake cinema commercial

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I enjoyed The Phoenician Scheme , but maybe the highlight of the afternoon was this commercial for Birrificio Angelo Poretti. Don't thin...
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Monday, May 19, 2025

GUEST POST The state of our canals - and canalside pubs - today

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Fresh from a canal holiday made difficult by unannounced closures, Peter Chambers looks at the many challenges facing the Canal & River...
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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Wish I had been the first to find the real David Watts

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Oakham's Big Pop Flop say the headlines. And: Organisers blame fantastic rumours of a rowdy and dangerous evening for failure This is th...
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Sunday, March 09, 2025

A walk across the fields to the new Braybrooke Beer Co. taproom

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A few years ago the Braybrooke Beer Co. set up a brewery at a farm outside the Northamptonshire village of that name to produce lager. The ...
Friday, January 17, 2025

The Bailey Head, Oswestry, is CAMRA's Pub of the Year

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Congratulations to Grace Goodlad and Duncan Borrowman whose Oswestry pub The Bailey Head has been named Pub of the Year by the Campaign for ...
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