By Keith Flett Can a campaign from below, a democratic campaign on a social and cultural activity like beer drinking, have any effect? Yes, it can. The... Continue reading
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A reproduction of Orwell’s essay By Kristian Williams In a newspaper column from 1946, George Orwell imagined an ideal pub, with the doubly dreamy name, “The Moon... Continue reading
Image: Rawpixel.com By Keith Flett BrewDog has been much in the news and as often in recent times not for good reasons. There are three parts to... Continue reading
In this edition of Our Culture, Keith Flett examines how global capital shapes food and drink, from multinational brewers to fragile supply chains under climate pressure. The... Continue reading
By Jenny Farrell Fun fact: Guinness, the quintessential Irish drink, exported around the world, originated in the working-class pubs of early eighteenth-century London. Known as porter, this... Continue reading
By Keith Flett The news that Brewdog shut 10 bars during July including the first in its home location of Aberdeen and the first in London, led... Continue reading
The country pub offers a seductive account of an imagined country lifestyle – timeless bucolic images and rustic comfortable settings. However, there is a deeper, darker side... Continue reading
by Keith Flett CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, was formed in the 1970s around a fight against an earlier generation of Big Beer. Giant beer companies... Continue reading
The State Management Scheme brewery, 1916-1971 by Keith Flett The grip that global big beer has on what is sold and drunk in bars and pubs needs... Continue reading
2024 saw a string of brewery closures and takeovers. Wild Card in Walthamstow sadly fell victim to an accumulation of COVID debts, while venture capitalists Keystone (Breal)... Continue reading
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