Opinion

Why the British neighbourhood pub must be saved: A Canadian perspective

By 2024-03-22T00:10:00

Dorian-Moore

With British pubs in decline, Dorian Moore asks whether their role as ‘third spaces’ could help save them

Having been in the UK recently, my thoughts turned once again to pubs. I was taken aback when I read an article in the Guardian proclaiming the imminent demise of the British pub - something the newspaper attributed to a range of issues, from the impact of COVID, to the fallout from Brexit. Another article on BNN Bloomberg pointed out that according to the British Beer and Pub Association the number of pubs dropped from 60,800 in 2000 to 45,800 in 2022.

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