Category: Eating & Drinking

As Soon as this Pub Closes: Beer and the Election

3 July 2024 / 98

Jeremy Corbyn is a lifelong abstainer from drink. Nevertheless, he has always shown interest in protecting pubs in his constituency, and so repaired with his campaign to... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

Recognise the union and bring in the punks! The future of Brewdog

24 May 2024 / 90

Is there a way forward for Brewdog? James Watt has stood down as CEO of Brewdog after seventeen years. He has become ‘captain’ and a non-executive Director.... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

At the Chocolate Factory: negotiating cocoa illusion in fact and fiction this Easter

2 April 2024 / 122

Indelibly racist Roald Dahl was called upon by Hollywood profit-brokers again last year for yet another adaptation of his 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.... Continue reading

Amy K Grandvoinet

Eating & Drinking

Wetherspoons and an alternative to the neoliberal capitalism of big pub chains

1 February 2024 / 97

Tim Martin, the public face of Wetherspoons, was given a knighthood in the NewYear Honours list. Officially this was for his services to the hospitality industry. Reports... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

Cask Ale, Private Equity and Class Politics

15 October 2023 / 97

Cask Ale Week, backed by Cask Marque, is an annual promotion of cask ale which runs in early Autumn each year. Its aim is to get the... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

Taking back control of beer

10 January 2023 / 94

Keith Flett proposes some ways of taking back control of brewing and pubs, beyond the reach of ‘Big Beer’ in brewing and pubs. Image above: the former... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

Culture Wars in Beer

13 February 2022 / 91

Keith Flett wades into the culture war around Brewdog, its toxic workplace culture and Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity issues in the world of craft beer. Image above... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

How to drink beer ethically

20 November 2021 / 95

It is a difficult period in craft beer, globally. With many of the well-known craft brewers now quite sizeable and moving into a second decade of operations,... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

Beyond Dry January and alcohol: the key role of the pub

9 January 2021 / 93

Keith Flett celebrates the key social role of the pub As we enter the New Year the Dry January campaign is once again active. It is a... Continue reading

Keith Flett

Eating & Drinking

Pubs: a cultural space where you can just be

4 July 2020 / 84

Phil Mellows muses on the need for more awareness of the value of pubs, places where neoliberal subjectivity and stress can be suspended. The painting is by... Continue reading

Phil Mellows

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