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The Botanist In Alderley Edge - Oast House-like

The Botanist In Alderley Edge - Oast House-likeNew World Pub Company to bring ale, cocktails and thrills to quiet, restrained, Cheshire village

Winter Ales Festival: Alfie winsNeil Sowerby hits the Sheridan Suite Festival of boozy fun

Smithfield Hotel's Lovely Beer FestivalBeer, we say, drink it we say

Chetham's Arms, Chapeltown, ReviewedJonathan Schofield gets miffed so goes north for a meal

Davenport Arms, Woodford, Gets GongThe old-timer with the staying power is honoured

Exclusive: Paul Heaton Takes Over Kings Arms, SalfordSimon Binns Finds The Ex-Beautiful South/ Housemartins Front Man Is Becoming A Landlord

Manchester Beers Round-upNeil Sowerby drowns in ale for his job and finds the smooth, the rough and the delightful

Neil Sowerby's 10 Favourite Lakes PubsFor views, atmosphere, hearty dining and, of course boozing

Manchester Pub Guide ReviewedCharlie Butterworth likes the idea but isn't sure about some of the entries

Oast House OpensSleuth thinks it's going to be popular, it's going to be busy

The SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival Is Upon UsNeil Sowerby talks to Alex Brodie about the glug, glug, good booze bonanza

The Burton Arms: How Not To Market A PubSleuth's Guide To Fear (Or Modern Paranoia Meets Health And Safety)

Strawbury Duck, Country Pub, ReviewedKaren Regn likes it in the hills but wants more adventure

The Eagle, Salford, Review And ElegyJonathan Schofield on the Dodo and the backstreet boozer

Oast House Date AnnouncedManchester's craziest new venue opens in week of 10 October

Saturday At 7am For A Funny Ball Shaped BingeMr Thomas’s Chop House opens for England

Ford Madox Brown, The Pub, ReviewedJonathan Schofield reviews a boozer on the eve of a major exhibition for the man on the signboard

Rail Ale Trail - Sobriety FailJonathan Schofield travels with some Confidential Heroes into the hills on the promise of beer

The White Lion ReviewJonathan Schofield chows down, Binns plays the goat and Cyst gets clubby

Massive Cider Festival Hits Town This WeekendPalace Hotel gets tipsy on Manchester’s first Cider and Perry festival

Jonathan Schofield's pub walk: Tuesday 21 JuneThe definitive Manchester pub tour, stories, drink and madness

The Rail Ale TrailEast Lancs Railway wins pun of the week award

Britons Protection: 200 year partyJonathan Schofield sings a song for a classic pub

Beer festival at the SmithfieldFifty beers at a pub with real tradition

Whitelocks: rudest pub in the North?Jonathan Schofield shouldn’t have just asked for a pudding in Leeds

City Arms reviewJonathan Schofield and his love of pubs as a budget petition to save them launches

Save the pub petitionCampaign launches to stop 10p being added to every pint in tax

The Oddfellows of Mellor reviewGordo does a runner despite a cracking feed

The Feversham ArmsSimon Binns finds a Michelin in the making across the Pennines

Knott Bar and elephants in the snugJonathan Schofield, the top 16 pubs, and an exclusive chat with Roger Protz, Good Beer Guide editor

The Castle Hotel: a perfect new pub?Jonathan Schofield adores the recent renovation and mood of a city boozer

The Norfolk Arms, Glossop, reviewDave Bishop finds joy in the hills, the beer, the food, indeed in life itself

The Black Lion review (with a trip to the Modern too)Jonathan Schofield crosses into Salford for a re-invented pub and then crosses back into Manchester for the Restaurant of the year

The pubs of Old TraffordLast month it was the pubs of Eastlands, now City fan Dave Bishop tours the pubs United fans visit on match-days with his mate Rod the Red.

Robert Owen-Brown and the Mark AddyThe well-known chef has moved to the Salford Riviera opposite Spinningfields

The pubs of EastlandsDave Bishop’s tours the pubs City fans visit pre-match, post-match, or if things are going wrong, during the match. He takes a nervous mate: Rod the Red.

The Bulls Head, TintwistleDave Bishop visits a pub that kicked out the bad boys and welcomed back the locals

The Crescent reviewDave Bishop, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Doctor Anna share beers in a classic Salford pub

Orange Tree reviewDave Bishop toasts the departed in one of Altrincham's finest pubs

The English Lounge reviewJonathan Schofield likes the unspectacular solid feel of a popular city boozer

The Woodstock, West DidsburyDave Bishop goes to the Woodstock and chills out man

Winter pub rambleSarah Roe escapes to the hills to warm herself by The Royal Arms' roaring fire

Smithfield Hotel Beer FestivalFancy a post-work pint? The Smithfield Hotel is hosting a mini ale festival

The Joshua Bradley, Gee CrossAubergines on the menu. Free hairspray in the toilets. Dave Bishop is pleasantly surprised at the latest addition to the Hydes chain

Too Late!

The Confidential Pub Walk: Thursday 4 SeptemberWin two tickets for the funniest, most irreverent guided tour around the city, this Thursday, with the Confidential editor

B Lounge @ the BrunswickDave Bishop misses David Gest and Peter Andre but joins the Gay Critics at an unassuming Manchester pub

Fridays: every day is like Judgement DayLaura Marsden reports from the fag end of bar life and it isn't pretty

King WilliamDave Bishop investigates a down-to-earth pub in Wilmslow

The New Oxford, SalfordDave Bishop asks whether this award-winning pub lives up to its reputation

The Grant ArmsDave Bishop says 'what the Dickens' and likes it up in Ramsbottom

Woodthorpe HotelDave Bishop revisits the pub that is the old family home of the Joseph Holts family in Prestwich

Parliamentary boozeDave Bishop celebrates the arrival of a beer from the Manchester hinterlands, Wren's Nest, breaking into Parliament

The Crown Inn, StockportDave Bishop finds a perfect pub nestling under the famous Stockport viaduct

The AdelphiJohn George loves the Adelphi even if the Tetley’s all wrong

The NorthernJonathan Schofield gets angry about pub owning companies but likes the Northern very much

Worst pub names: win £50 irresponsible drinking tabWhat are the worst ever pub names?

The Three ArrowsPhilip Hamer finds a pub at Heaton Park with a pudding called Heaton Mess

Sinclair’s Oyster BarDave Bishop continues his tour of Manchester pubs and gets worried by molluscs

The Lass O’GowrieDave Bishop appreciates a lovely lass and a classic city boozer

Beer from the hillsDave Bishop takes a trip to Glossop to sample an award-winning local ale

The Crown and KettleJonathan Schofield becomes prime minister, turns off the telly and dances on the ceiling

The Three FishesGordo is out-eaten by his two-year-old protégé at the Three Fishes

The Tandle Hill TavernJonathan Schofield takes his six year old drinking in the classic Greater Manchester rural pub

Back to basicsJonathan Schofield enjoys rediscovering a city centre pub

The Lord NelsonManchester chef Rob Owen Brown has resurfaced, in an out of the way pub in Radcliffe. Mancon went on location to see how things are shaping up…