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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'
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David Jesudason
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
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David Jesudason
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
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David Jesudason
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
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David Jesudason
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
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David Jesudason
June 2023
May 2023
Lucky number 6: how I became an author
I became a journalist in 2004 but I only gained agency a decade later
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David Jesudason
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…
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David Jesudason
Brockley Barge - how JD Wetherspoon broke its colour bar
The shocking tale of racial segregation operating in a London pub unchallenged
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David Jesudason
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
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David Jesudason
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
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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…
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