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The White Lion, Beeston - GB News & cask ale
When Cask Ale week was promoted by GB News yesterday it shows what happens when people think prejudice is 'society's problem'
Sep 27
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David Jesudason
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The Park Plaza bar - Toronto
It's 1965. Margaret Atwood describes a bar in her debut novel The Edible Woman which is very reminiscent of male spaces today
Sep 22
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August 2023
The Runner, Swindon - desi food, country-style
Abhi Paudel has created a mini desi pub chain and his third offering is the first British-Indian boozer that's part of a family brewery's portfolio
Aug 11
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The Drink Valley, Swindon - UK's best desi taproom
Dhiraj Pujari is a British-Indian brewer who creates great beers served in a genuinely thrilling space
Aug 4
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July 2023
Durham Ox: what's Britain's oldest desi pub like?
It's all change at Leicester's historical - but humble - British-Indian pub
Jul 14
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June 2023
Tida Bradshaw - the story behind the Desi Pubs' front cover
Tida went from working for BrewDog to creating beautiful beer illustrations. Without her my book on desi pubs wouldn't have had instant credibility
Jun 23
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May 2023
Lucky number 6: how I became an author
I became a journalist in 2004 but I only gained agency a decade later
May 24
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The Black Eagle Retreat - Waterval Boven
Deep in South Africa's Elands Valley, two Brits opened a pub in 2003 that gave them a jaw-dropping glimpse into Afrikaner racism. It sounds horrific but…
May 12
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Brockley Barge - how JD Wetherspoon broke its colour bar
The shocking tale of racial segregation operating in a London pub unchallenged
May 5
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March 2023
Golden Lounge, Keg & Grill and Sun and Sand
Time to look past the mixy. Here's the three best vegetarian dishes I've found on my travels in Leicester, Birmingham and London
Mar 31
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The Craven Arms, Left Handed Giant Brewpub and Free Trade Inn
Three of the best non-desi pubs I've visited while researching my book
Mar 24
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'Don't repeat your name. I'll never remember it'
Three beer writers with Indian, Sri Lankan and Iraqi heritage take over this week's email sharing their familiar stories of prejudice, hostility and…
Mar 17
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