Wandsworth Council has ordered a developer to (re)turn an eponymous pile of rubble into gold. Council for UK’s Battersea conservation area has “roundly rejected” a retrospective building proposal by the developer that bulldozed St Johns’ Hill’s The Alchemist pub last month. The developer will now be required to “[restore] to its original condition” the Victorian […]
The newly opened Lord Gladstone Hotel has launched charity initiative #Goodkeg to raise money for a succession of causes. Every Friday, Paddy Coughlan and Ned Kelly’s new pub the Lord Gladstone, in Chippendale, is asking patrons to donate to worthy causes in exchange for a schooner of Tooheys New. The program began last week, with
Sydney pub group Solotel is continuing its Good Samaritan work, with further fundraising for Nepal and the Cancer Council. The uber-trendy ‘Courty’ (Courthouse Hotel) is expecting delivery of its second batch of artisan t-shirts created through a collaboration with beer trend-setters Young Henrys and local acclaimed artist Sindy Sinn. Profits from the custom shirts are
More pubs are bringing help to victims of the Nepal earthquake as two of Surry Hills’ beer meccas* give away top craft beers in support of fundraising. Tonight the elegant, newly-renovated Keg & Brew will donate 100 per cent of proceeds of a keg of award-winning Murray’s (Angry Man) and Stone & Wood (Pacific Ale).
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Hospitality group Solotel and beer giant Carlton & United Breweries are hosting a series of fundraisers to send money and clothing, after the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on the weekend. The quake created a lot of innocent victims in a very poor part of the world, and touched Australia both through our
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Kings Cross stalwart World Bar is on the front foot in the fight against public perception, sustaining a continued focus on charity and community through ongoing events. Refusing to sink into obscurity amid the loss of trade cause by crippling restrictions imposed on Sydney’s foremost entertainment precinct, the Bayswater Rd venue is positioning itself as
As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, Brisbane’s Regatta Hotel – site of the famous protest against laws prohibiting women drinking in pubs – is today hosting a Grand Ladies Luncheon. 50 years ago, on 31 March 1965, Merle Thornton and Rosalie Bogner chained themselves to the foot rail of the Regatta, aiming to
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With the possible exception of the general practitioner, no business speaks to the heart and health of a community more than the humble local pub. It was my pleasure to recently interview an individual – nay representative of a lineage – that embodies the community spirit that has come to provide this stalwart identity to
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