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On tour

Mike’s Manx Musings

November 8, 2021
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Mike Bird heads to the island of tail-less cats for his summer holiday

Bar talk

Real ale in freefall — a reader responds

October 22, 2021
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Rob Walters responds to a post querying whether the method of dispense really matters

Bar talk Comment

Why should real ale cost less than lager?

October 7, 2021
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Steve Hay, former landlord of the Royal Blenheim, challenges pricing norms

Bar talk

Bar service versus table service

September 7, 2021
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Long-standing CAMRA member Rob Walters on why he much prefers to order at the bar

Guest columnists

Gardeners World: Why I’m sticking with table service

August 25, 2021
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Paul Silcock of the Gardeners Arms, Plantation Road, Oxford on his response to the pandemic

Tony's Travels

Not so iffy down Iffley Road

August 17, 2021
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Tony Goulding rediscovers the pubs along this East Oxford thoroughfare

Brewery news News

Pubcos: who they are, what they do

July 21, 2021
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CAMRA's Paul Ainsworth explains how they came about

Down Memory Lane National news

Celebrating 50 years of campaigning

June 5, 2021
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Oxford branch started in 1974 when only 23 city pubs served real ale

Tony's Travels

Go West, (not so) Young Man!

May 17, 2021
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Tony Goulding hops on a train or three in the West of England