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The Eagle: the chef behind the 'UK's first gastropub'

17-Nov-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Ed Mottershaw is pretty much wedded to one pub. Alright, he underwent seven years learning how to cook at Battersea’s Fox & Hounds, but the 11 years since then have all been spent in the kitchen of what is credited as being the first gastropub in...

Profile: Town and garden - The Albion, Islington

19-Jun-2009

While many people have sat enjoying a pint and speculating on whether running their own pub could ever be more than a pleasant daydream, few have...

PubChef's round-up of what the critics have penned about pub food

01-Jul-2007

The Swan, Southrop, Gloucestershire Alex James, Observer Food Monthly 27/5 The menu features pommes frites. Not so long ago I wouldn't have felt that...

What the papers say

13-Feb-2006 By Iain O'Neil

A regular Monday morning look back at how the weekend's papers reported issues affecting the licensed trade. Sunday Observer The Observer reports...

Marketing: a double-edged sword

21-Jul-2005

Traditionally, speciality beers were not marketed because the small brewers didn't have the spare cash to throw at multi-million pound ad campaigns....

What the Sunday papers said

29-May-2005

Avebury Taverns is to be put up for sale for up to £250m. The group, which owns about 450 pubs after selling an estate of non-core sites to Admiral...

What the Sunday papers said

12-Sep-2004

The government may reverse its decision to introduce 24-hour drinking after senior ministers expressed fears it could lead to an increase in binge...

What the Sunday papers say

16-Feb-2004

The Independent on SundayMinisters are to unveil proposals to ban smoking in public places. Local authorities are set to be given the power to outlaw...

Great diners - Michael Winner

01-Feb-2004

As well as being Michael Winner's most famous celluloid outing, Death Wish might be a metaphor for the movie director's career as a food critic....