The price of beer
Heading to Norway and Iceland last month, I knew beer would be expensive, but I’m not sure that I realised just how expensive.My Scandinavian drinking, and the accompanying price shocks,…
Ísafjörður: Majestic Princess at anchor
Have we done cruising?
Have we done cruising?Until last year we had resisted all thoughts of holidays on cruise ships. A taster day on a P&O ship a few years ago had only confirmed…
More Manchester retro beer
First there came a recreation of Boddington’s Bitter last year, now Chester’s Mild has made a comeback. Named Man-Chesters Mild, I came across this re-imagining by Stockport’s Runaway Brewery in…
Huddersfield Narrow Canal anniversary
Today marks 25 years since the Huddersfield Narrow Canal reopened to navigation. I’ve just returned home from a couple of days photographing the west side (Ashton to Diggle) and will…
Which is Britain’s best beer city?
Prompted by a trip last week to Manchester, the city of my birth, I got thinking about which UK city is now “best” for beer.“Best” is a difficult term to…
Do I like beer festivals? I’m still in two minds.
Do I like beer festivals? I'm still in two minds.I’ve always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with beer festivals. I think my first was the Midlands Real Beer…
The food menu board at the Red Monkey (Le Singe Rouge), Bristol showing French descriptions of typical pub snacks
Memorable pub food (The Session #149)
This post is in response to the July edition of “The Session”: a recently-revived monthly collection of writings. Every month a specific beer-related subject is chosen. This month’s is “pub…