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Bars, pubs and clubs

October 2024

  • Evan Dando of the Lemonheads sitting on a sofa playing an acoustic guitar

    On my radar
    On my radar: Evan Dando’s cultural highlights

    The Lemonheads musician on crazy websites, cosy restaurants and a bar where it’s always Christmas

September 2024

  • Viewed from above an array of dishes and two drinks at The Bull's Head Inn, Beaumaris, Herefordshire, UK.

    Top 20s
    20 of the best UK foodie breaks for autumn

    Fancy a seasonal getaway? From cosy inns to restaurants with rooms, we’ve found the best boltholes – all with menus as enticing as the scenery

August 2024

  • People sat in a bar

    Sobering times for UK alcohol-free bars as many struggle to survive

    Economics of running a dry bar has led to closures despite the growing popularity of alcohol-free beers and cocktails

July 2024

  • Hidden depths of flavour … miso soup.

    The miso miracle: how to use the ingredient that makes every dish delicious

    Central to Japanese cooking, it has apparently been around since 200BC – yet has become the taste of the summer in the UK. Chefs explain how it can improve the flavour of almost everything, from ice cream to pasta dishes to cocktails

June 2024

  • Adam Almeida

    Happy Pride month to everyone! Except the landlords and asset managers bleeding dry queer culture

    Adam Almeida
    Asset managers are hoovering up Britain’s LGBTQ+ venues, with potentially disastrous consequences for the gay scene, says senior data analyst Adam Almeida

May 2024

  • Illustration showing people drinking cocktails

    The experts
    The experts: bartenders on how to turn 16 classic cocktails into mocktails – from a negroni to a mojito

    Giving up booze doesn’t have to mean missing out, especially if you get creative with fruit, herbs and infusions. Here is how to enjoy all your favourite drinks without the hangover

April 2024

  • John Dory, Sandgate

    ‘We’re trying to make it more inclusive’: the rise of Britain’s new wine bars

  • Adults and children (and two people dressed as unicorns) in a crowd round a large automaton puppet in the grounds of the Midland Arts Centre

    Joe Lycett edits Observer New Review
    Rock cakes in a shed, underground art and conceptual cocktails: a Brummie insiders’ guide to Birmingham

March 2024

  • Star turns … karaoke is a high-stakes spectacle.

    Club culture
    ‘Where honour and ridiculousness collide’: in praise of karaoke’s inventor, on his death at 100

    Jazz Monroe
    Shigeichi Negishi’s invention invites us to cast off humility and take a shot at singing stardom. His legacy will be credited – and blamed – for us living out our popstar fantasies

February 2024

  • Dan Hancox

    Club culture
    Don’t sit at home mourning the loss of Britain’s nightclubs – go out and rave

    Dan Hancox
    Our nightlife isn’t universally suffering. What it needs is participation, not elegies, says freelance journalist Dan Hancox
  • The Grey Mare and her Colts. Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. 3rd February 2024.

    The pub walk
    Walking ancient Dorset paths to megaliths – and a village pub

    In this ancient corner of England near Abbotsbury, stone circles punctuate the open downland. Our writer picks a misty but atmospheric day to explore
  • A dark nightclub with an illuminated multicolour dance floor and a man standing next to a mirrored pillar

    Pryzm nightclub boss blames closures on students cutting back

    Clubs and bars struggling to keep afloat as hard-up young people forgo midweek nights, says Rekom

December 2023

  • ‘Once Upon a Time In Hollywood’ Location Tour with Arianne Phillips<br>Musso & Frank Grill. (Photo by Maddie Cordoba/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)

    ‘Change is a bad word’: the roaring 20s never died at these decadent LA bars

  • Sleigh and Reindeer pub - The Guardian, Sleigh and Reindeer/Coach and Horses, Harrogate. Photography by Joanne Crawford

    The pub walk
    Just for Christmas: the Harrogate pub that becomes the Sleigh & Reindeers

November 2023

  • Astronomer-23

    20 of the best UK pubs with bedrooms, for lunch and a winter walk

  • The Packhorse Inn, a traditional country pub, in the village of Little Longstone, Derbyshire, UK<br>2A0KDWW The Packhorse Inn, a traditional country pub, in the village of Little Longstone, Derbyshire, UK

    Readers' travel tips
    ‘An open fire, the dog snoozing at our feet’: readers’ favourite UK pubs for food

  • 'Detail of decor from SFRJ Kafana, Belgrade 10/23'.  -Ed Godsell

    ‘People dance on tables’: welcome to Belgrade’s kafana pub culture

  • Tasting of brut and demi-sec white champagne sparkling wine from special flute glasses with Champagne vineyards on background near Cramant, France<br>Tasting of brut and demi-sec white champagne sparkling wine from special flute glasses with view on green Champagne vineyards, France

    How to do Champagne on a prosecco budget: a tour of France’s most famous wine region

  • Pink linen, bubbles and 14 ‘mirages’: AI ranked this Sydney bar most influential in the world – is it worth the hype?

  • Shuffle board, axe-throwing and bingo: activity bar boom defies UK hospitality downturn

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