Beer

The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business

Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan

Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter

It is time we stopped making so much fuss about a distinctly average beer

The government should recognise how important pubs are to society

The state cannot be the source of community attachments and affection

Nothing is better than a clean spirit

This is an enthusiastic and fluent guide to the world of beer, with an understanding that what makes it such a joy is to do with how it makes us feel

The Allsopp family has revived the original Burton IPA which made its name and fortune more than a century ago

Let us sip, slurp and quaff this weekend, and do our bit to keep the pub trade going