Pub Landlord

Rat-like creature and man's oldest mammal ancestor named after pub landlord

08-Nov-2017 By Georgina Townshend

A newly-discovered species, which lived 145 million years ago and is man’s earliest mammal ancestor, has been named after a Dorset publican.

Property

Inheritance: It's time to make sure your pub is in your will

01-Dec-2015 By Paula Myers

Is your pub business important to you, whether you are around or not? Paula Myers, head of Irwin Mitchell’s specialist will, trust and estate disputes team, explains why it should be.

Pub fans celebrate visiting 18,000th pub after 30-year bar crawl

04-Dec-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A group of pub fans, who call themselves the Black Country Ale Tairsters (BATs), celebrated visiting their 18,000th pub, after taking part in a bar crawl for the past 30 years.

Sunday Mirror launches drive to rescue pubs

28-Jun-2011 By MA Reporter

The Sunday Mirror is backing a drive to save local pubs doomed for closure with its own campaign — Support Your Pub. The initiative, which has the...

WIN: Signed Al Murray 'Pub Landlord' quiz books

09-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt

The Publican is backing Al Murray The Pub Landlord in his battle to sell more Walkers crisps than his comic counterparts - and he is keen to show his...

Al Murray the Pub Landlord needs your support

04-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt

Pub Landlord Al Murray is attempting to sell more crisps for Comic Relief than fellow comedians Jimmy Carr, Stephen Fry and Frank Skinner. And The...

'Beer: how much would you pay?'

20-Jan-2011

The average price of a pint has risen above £3 for the first time. After the VAT increase, Britain's largest breweries have warned it's likely there...

'Smoking ban landlord gets six months jail term'

28-Feb-2010

A former pub landlord has become the first person to be jailed in connection with the smoking ban. Nick Hogan, 43, was sentenced to six months in...

'Pub landlord robbed by a gorilla and a clown'

07-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore

A pub landlord was tied up and robbed by two men dressed as a clown and gorilla. The men, dressed in masks and full papers suits, burst into the...

'Pub landlord invents babygrow that glows if child has fever'

18-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

A pub landlord has signed a £12.5 million contract after inventing a baby grow that changes colour to indicate a child's temperature. Chris Ebejer,...

Al Murray Pub Landlord gets arty for UK cancer charity No Surrender

07-May-2009

Despite admitting he "can't draw by any stretch of the imagination" he still produced an original piece of art for the charity. Murray has drawn...

The Big Interview: The Pub Landlord Al Murray

13-Dec-2006

How will you communicate the smoking ban to your regulars?The same way as I communicate most crucial information to my punters, by shouting and a...

Lesbian kiss couple get pub ban

08-May-2006

A pub landlord today defended his actions after a lesbian couple claimed they were banned from his bar because they'd openly kissed each other. Kelly...

POLICE5

05-Feb-2004

Host jailed for trying to strangle wife A pub landlord has been jailed for a year by Worcester Crown Court for trying to strangle his wife. Alan...

Strangle

05-Feb-2004

A pub landlord has been jailed by Worcester Crown Court for trying to strangle his wife. Alan Clarke, licensee at the Live and Let pub near Bromyard,...

Q&A: Al Murray, Pub Landlord

03-Dec-2003

Al Murray, Pub Landlord, took time out from his UK tour to talk exclusively to The Publican about Blair, beer and balls.The Prime Minister, Tony...