Taverns in America:-
'... letter written by Sir Captain John Walduck to his nephew in 1708. It states:
“Upon all the new settlements the Spaniards make, the first thing they do is build a church, the first thing ye Dutch do upon a new colony is to build them a fort, but the first thing ye English do, be it in the most remote part of ye world, or amongst the most barbarous Indians, is to set up a tavern or drinking house.”'
BLOG POST: Pub people love to chuck around the term 'Britannia table' – but what is it, exactly? Why do we call it that? And what does this type of table *mean* to people?
https://boakandbailey.com/2026/05/the-history-and-meaning-of-the-cast-iron-britannia-pub-table/
GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs with a throughline this week about brewery closures, access to market, and the embrace of heritage brands. (Yes, again. That's the theme for 2026, though.)
https://boakandbailey.com/2026/05/news-nuggets-and-longreads-30-may-2026-smiles-of-a-summer-night/
Feral kids in pubs aren’t the problem – feral adults are
I went to London’s last remaining Tube station pub — it was almost perfect
Jeremy Clarkson finally changed the rules at his pub and is selling a ‘banned’ drink
BLOG POST: What we learned about British brewing in the mid-20th century from a prestige publication by a doomed West Country brewing conglomerate. Features some lovely post-war pubs.
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