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the rhythm section “She was part of the family,” says Zeb Rootz founder, Steve Baker, remembering his colleague Jocelyn ‘Bebberly’ Harris who died on 11 August. “She only got the diagnosis on 3 August, it really stopped me in my tracks.” Hailing from Leicester, Joyce had previously – alongside Zeb Rootz rhythm section Fitzroy Simon and Trevor Michael – been a member of the Pressure Tenants, the Leicester-based backing band of “the Godfather of Ska” Laurel Aitken. Despite leaving Zeb Rootz after their New Year’s Eve 2016 show, she remained close to the band and continued to work with Steve as a member of the Aces, Desmond Dekker’s former band. Two weeks after Joyce’s death, Zeb Rootz were joined on stage by her sister Janet who paid, in Steve’s words “a perfect tribute to Joyce, it was emotional and the audience was with us all the way.” For more on Zeb Roots, visit www.zebrootz.co.uk or look in the listings guide for dates.
LOAE
Jocelyn ‘Bebberly’ Harris
Peterborough city centre bar Puzzles? is to move to larger premises a few doors along Bridge Street (the former Costa Coffee/Wayward Frog site) in early December. Changing its name to SAMM’s, the addition of a basement will allow an expansion of its regular live entertainment programme. Puzzles? will remain open until 25 November and gig listings for it and SAMM’s – which includes beatbox and guitar collective LOAE’s EP launch on 16 November – can be found towards the back of this magazine. “Armed with unforgettable melodies and catchy choruses,” the SoapGirls play Mama Liz’s, Stamford on 2 November, supported by Peterborough three-piece punk/ hip-hop/reggae
band Petrol Boys and Stamford punks March to the Grave. For further information including tickets, go to www.mamaliz.co.uk March to the Grave are also part of the bill for MindFest – raising awareness and money for the charity Mind – at The Maze, Nottingham (0115 874 7792, www.themazerocks.com) on 4 November and The Black Bull, Gateshead (0191 447 3959, www.theblackbullvenue.co.uk) on 10 November. BBC Folk Singer of the Year 2014, Bella Hardy, will be at Ringstead Shared Church on 1 December. For further information and tickets, visit raundsfestival.com or call 07756 015615. The Northwick Arms’ Ketton Showtime programme with the classical Iyatra Quartet on 2 November and the hot jazz, blues and ragtime FB Pocket Orchestra on 7 December. Tickets are £10 or £20 which includes and evening meal. Call 01780 720238 to book.
Andy Simmonds, landlord of the Ploughman in Werrington, has won a 10-year battle with original owner Tesco and developers who sought to redevelop the site. Andy, who has a long history of raising money for local charities, has signed a 15-year lease, and plans to renovate the pub – he also now has the option to buy the building outright. Meanwhile, business partner and brother Stuart has departed to launch a new pub business in Devon. Also raising money for charity is Nick Goodman at the Iron Horse Ranch House in Market Deeping. Currently undergoing treatment himself, Nick’s events have raised thousands of pounds for cancer charities. The 2018 Peterborough Beer Festival saw a slight decline in numbers this year but still attracted an impressive 26,000 visitors. Champion beer was Crowstone from the Leigh-onSea brewery. Local successes include Barn Ale from Tydd (second in Standard Bitters and pale ales) and Bakers Dozen/ Three Blind Mice took gold in the Strong Bitters/pale ales category for Citra Lord Glucan. O’Neill’s in Broadway, Peterborough is to close during November for ‘modernisation’. in September announcing a reopening date, the Wortley Almshouses in Westgate remains closed. Fletton looks set to gain a new micropub – the Wonky Donkey which has a capacity of just 50 customers. It’s planned by brothers David and Andrew Williams, whose
Dan Bourner, manager of Melbourn Bros, Stamford.
other brother, Steve, has the Frothblowers in Werrington. It is hoped the new pub, formerly Twiggy’s gift shop at 102 High St, will open by the end of the year. The Stanground area has seen the loss of most of its pubs in recent years, the latest of which, the Heron, closed its doors in September. Just outside our distribution area, the Cock at Hemingford Grey, near Huntingdon has been awarded 2019 National Pub of the Year by the Good Pub Guide, while the Grainstore in Oakham receives the accolade of time. There are new listings for the Castle at Castle Bytham and the Wheatsheaf in Langham. The 2019 Camra Good Beer Guide includes new listings for the Bluebell at Helpston, Frothblowers in Werrington, the Woolpack in Stanground, the Yard of Ale, Peterborough and the George Hotel, Whittlesey. In Lincolnshire there’s recognition for the Anchor in Bourne, 8 Sail
Brewery Bar at Heckington, Red Lion, Newton, White Horse in Sleaford and the Red Lion and Olde White Horse, both in Spalding. Rutland welcomes the Plough at Caldecott, Empingham’s Cricket & Social Club, the White Lion at Whissendine, and just over border in Leicestershire – the Tollemache Arms at Buckminster. Northamptonshire listings now include the Ship Inn, Oundle and the Kings Arms, Polebrook. The Chubby Castor in Castor has received a listing in the 2019 Michelin Guide. Spalding has a new brewery – the 70 years. Based at Cradge Bank, Welland Brewery was launched in the summer
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(Contin by Tom Bradshaw and two “beer loving” associates. The core range includes YFM, Rusty Giraffe, a milk stout and a best bitter, with monthly specials including a homage to the former Soames & Co, which brewed in the town between 1887 and 1949. Bottled beers are also available and a tap house is planned for the future. Currently supplying to beer festivals and micropubs, they can be contacted via www. wellandbrewery.co.uk or by calling 07732 033702. Now closed again, the asking price for the substantial Lincolnshire Poacher on Double Street in Spalding, has been reduced to £255,000. The Danish Invader in Stamford celebrated 50 years in September. Landlord, Chris Needham, has been in charge for the past 17 years, transforming a run-down location into a thriving family community pub. Chris plans to introduce a daily food menu – currently limited to a Sunday carvery. Dan Bourner, manager at Melbourn Bros in Stamford for the past 12 months is now promoting brewery tours to the adjacent Victorian brew house. Visitors can view the brewing process which takes place several times a year – all of the beer being bottled, the majority for export. Open all day from 12 noon, the pub offers draught beers from just £2 per pint, a greater range of bottled beer than any other Samuel Smith pub, a monthly quiz and food service (including Sunday roasts) lunchtimes and evenings. Now in the hands of Paul Frith, the fortunes of the Bell Tavern in Deeping St James have been turned around. EI
Lincolnshire Poacher, Spalding
Group had threatened to sell the pub off, but Paul has now – future plans include extending the live music programme. The Baskervilles in Baston is expected to reopen on 1 November under its original name the Black Horse (another pub, the White Horse, is also in the village). New owners are Alan Coates and Richard Fox who also have Deeping Stage. The Toft Hotel and Golf Club at Toft, near Bourne has been bought by Tom Munt, formerly manager at Saffron Walden Golf Club. The pub paddock at the Olive Branch, Clipsham, is to become a “sustainable, organic kitchen garden” supplying the popular pub/restaurant, voted Leicestershire and Rutland’s Dining Pub of the Year, and a Top Ten Pub in the Good Pub Guide. The George & Dragon at Seaton, near Uppingham reopened a year ago by Ralph Offer, is now a thriving operation again after a major refurbishment to the building and garden Mike and Karen Willgoose called time at the George
Hotel in Leadenham at the end of September after an incredible 48 years. The Crown & Anchor at Welby near Grantham has now reopened – the Everards owned pub is now in the hands of Larry Humphries and Janice Matthews. Grantham Camra teamed up with St Wulfran’s Church to stage their October Beer Festival. Local brewer Oldershaw named a beer Father Stuart after the vicar of St Wulfran’s who helps to organise the event – he obliged in blessing the beer prior to the launch. Also in Grantham, the Beerheadz micro pub has just served up its 1,000th different beer. The Stagger Inn in the town is to undergo a major refurbishment. Steve and Sherry Hartmann. New tenants at the Pincushion in Wyberton near Boston, are refurbishing the pub, and have plans to reintroduce food and live entertainment. Also receiving a new lease of life is the New Inn in Boston, now serving two real ales, daily food and entertainment most weekends. Chris Shilling
Plough & Harrow 120–124 King Street Hammersmith London W6 0QU 020 8735 6020 A few years back, The Guardian reported that “a creeping blight has started to drift across British drama. Look anywhere a Krishnan Guru Murphy or a Sian Williams reacting to life studios.” It was probably Doctor newsreader into a drama series, when Kenneth Kendall appeared in 1966’s The War Machines to warn that “further attacks on London can be expected in the next 24 hours.” More recently, the likes of Andrew Marr and, cameos on the show, along with scientists Sir Patrick Moore, Dr Richard Dawkins and Professor Brian Cox. Cox’s cameo, in 2012’s The Power of Three, was shot outside the Holiday Inn Express in Hammersmith, which has a JD Wetherspoon pub, the Plough & Harrow, to the front of it. An earlier pub of the same been “Established in 1419”, stood on the site until 1903 when it was rebuilt. It closed in the late 1950s, becoming the showroom and workshop of Harold Radford Coachbuilders Ltd – the company behind the luxury Mini Cadillac importers Lendrum & Hartman. After rebuilding work, which saw the façade demolished
and reconstructed a metre higher than before, the pub and hotel was opened in 2002. The pub goes quite a way back and has a mix of dining tables, booths and high café tables. In fact, it looks like one of Wetherspoon’s cinema
before World War One. as there are large pillars against of the entire bar, which means
Sadly, there wasn’t any Cosmic Brew, Professor Cox’s recent collaboration with his local Oldham brewery JW Lees. An interesting pub all the same, at the better end of the JDW spectrum, it takes its name from a side street opposite, which was once called Plough and Harrow Lane. Later renamed Waterloo Street, it has been Macbeth Street since the interwar years and back in 1988 was the location of another Doctor Who story, Remembrance of the Daleks.
spot at the bar to attract the attention of bar staff further
been a fan of Doctor Who since the early days of Tom Baker, I wonder if he too was tempted
of real ales on offer. In addition to regulars such as Greene King IPA and Abbot, and Sharp’s
the area?
Brewer’s Dozen, Green Jack Brewing Company’s Mandarina Orange, Hawkshead Pale, ELB Calypso, Adnams Nut Brown Ale and Dorset Brewing Company’s Jurassic Dark, all priced £2.15.
Southampton Arms Ale & Cider House 139 Highgate Rd Kentish Town London NW5 1LE 07375 755539 southamptonarms.co.uk The message on the pub’s website is concise and to the point: “As far as we know, we are the only dedicated ale and cider house in London to sell only beers and ciders from small independent breweries.” It might seem like a bold
claim, but what is for sure is that this pub is unlike any other I have visited. I can’t really put my favourite pub in the capital. It could be the simple message painted on the pub wall, visible as you approach on the 10-minute walk up Highgate Road from Kentish Town tube station – “ALE… CIDER…MEAT”. This is a no-frills pub in the extreme – a single, unshaded lightbulb hangs from a cable in in a front of a large window to the busy street scene outside. There are no fruit machines,
pool table, dartboard or jukebox, mobile phone reception is poor and they don’t even have a
landline. A single meat cabinet is home to a roasted along with pork pies, cheese rolls and other veggie options. There’s a small outdoor drinking area, toilet
enamel bricked far wall are six more handpumps
a go, and best of all, people of all ages and classes converse. Locals and visitors warm to this place for
(Said Follow the Van) and Knees Up Mother Brown.
Chris Shilling
Six handpumps in contact use, and that’s just the ciders.
HINCKLEY
With a population just under 50,000, Hinckley is the third largest town in Leicestershire after Leicester and Loughborough. Its position on the Peterborough-Birmingham railway line makes it a convenient destination for a rail trip with a standard day return fare of £29 and travelling time of around an hour and a quarter, usually involving a change of trains at Leicester. Furthermore, Hinckley and Bosworth Camra have a very useful ‘Ale Trail’ map which can be printed off from their website, so this formed the basis for our visit. Our 30-minute wait at Leicester allowed the
Elbow Room
opportunity of a cheeky half in the Parcel Yard alongside Leicester station, and an 11.36am arrival at Hinckley was perfect for opening time at the Railway Inn just across from the station. Part of the Steaming Billy group, this pub offered a friendly welcome, four well kept beers from their own range and a changing guest ale, usually from a local brewery. Barmaid Ella and manager Adam were keen to talk about the pub – there are still individual rooms and a sizeable beer garden, food is served lunchtimes and evenings, there’s jazz on a Wednesday lunchtime and a quiz every Sunday. For £2, a ‘Billy Card’ can be purchased
giving approximately 10% discount off beers, lagers, wines and food in all of the dozen or so pubs in the chain. A few minutes walk up the hill is the Elbow Room – a very agreeable micropub run by Camra members, but not open until 2pm, so we diverted right onto Mount Road, to the Citizens Club – a members only establishment but open to Camra members. The Bass and Doom Bar are cheap but not of a great quality on our visit – the barman didn’t seem overly interested in us so we moved back down Mount Road, across Station Road and into Coventry Road to another Steaming Billy
Two views of the Railway Inn.
pub – the White Bear. Open 12-4pm and 7-11pm, there are couple of house beers plus guests from Fullers and Bad Company on our visit. The pub brands itself as ‘Burgers & Brews’ – with a wide range of burger options, and a decent sized outdoor drinking area including converted garages known as the ‘Bear Pit’. Towards the town centre along Regent Street is the Baron of Hinckley – a typically comfortable but heaving JD Wetherspoon, with up to eight beers available. The tables are arranged so close to the
get served so we moved across the road to the Bounty. Partly wood panelled, with a separate function room and commanding a prime spot in the centre of the town, this must have once been an impressive destination pub. Now, however, it seems to be the preserve of pool-playing teenagers, though the draught Bass and Robinson’s James Blonde were drinkable. At the end of the road is Union Inn – a pleasant and busy open plan Marston Pub – and a favourite of the town centre faithful. Beers are limited to the Marston’s Two views of the White Bear
range, with Hobgoblin Gold, Pedigree and a very tasty Saddle Tank available. Across the road the Dog & Gun, a former Marston pub but now a free house with limited beer range (Marston’s again). The pub is very clean and tidy with a number of ‘life messages’ and sayings on plaques around the pub. It’s ‘nice’ but more akin to a tea shop – there are occasional live acts. Along Castle Street, past the church is the Pestle & Mortar – also open from 2pm – another good micropub, formerly a shop under a number of owners, now serving up to six well kept real
ales and a vast range of real ciders. The local Camra branch voted the pub its Cider Pub of the Year from 2016 to the present, and East Midlands Cider Pub of the Year in 2016. Pies and snacks are served alongside the excellent beer range. Onto the street known as New Buildings the Greyhound is more of a traditional locals’ boozer, but does have its own Elliswood beers alongside the ubiquitous Marston’s brands. Two house beers area available, and the pub offers darts and a function room. The Marston’s owned New Plough Inn on Leicester Road had not opened by 5pm, so we checked out the attractive
Weaver’s Arms – yet another Marston’s house, but offering up to three guest ales, from Elgood’s and Eagle brewery when we looked in. With the Black Horse also not open until evening. We popped into the Queens Head on Upper Bond Street – a lovely Victorian ex-Pub of the Year – open from 5pm and offering a good range of usually four changing beers. St Austell Proper Job, Thornbridge Jaipur and Butty Bach from Wye Valley are beers to grace any quality watering hole, but our visit was brief as we still had the current Pub of the Year to do on our way back down to the station: Housed in an unremarkable modern unit underneath
Cineworld, the family run Elbow Room micropub is unusually branded as a “Camra pub”, but with six changing beers mainly from micro-breweries, served straight from the cask, plus craft kegs/lagers, world beers and up to eight ciders, there really is something for every beer drinker here. The décor follows an industrial style, and the staff are knowledgeable and friendly. Food comes in the form of pork pies and scotch eggs. It would be easy to forget your train by leaving this until last, so it may be prudent to build in time for a last gasp half back in the Railway Inn, as it’s so convenient for the train home. Chris Shilling
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Oundle Literature Festival continues with adventurerexplorer Benedict Allen at Oundle School on Thursday 1 November. Tickets are £16 (£13 concessions). Then on Wednesday 5 December, writer and broadcaster Adam Hart Davis talks about his book, Very Heath Robinson. Tickets for that are £8 (£6). Tickets are available
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Street, Oundle, by visiting www.oundlefestival.org.uk or More Literature at Lunchtime talks at Stamford Arts Centre with Dr Jane Mackay. On Tuesday 6 November it is Middlemarch by George Elliot, the TV series was, of
Raining Upwards, tickets are priced £12. The evening starts though with a workshop on writing comedy, with tickets priced £10 (places limited). Top poet Luke Wright brings his show Frankie Vah (about
subject is the works of Oscar
to Stamford Arts Centre on Thursday 6 December, tickets £12 (concession £10). It is November so once again some of us will be considering NaNoWriMo, the international month to encourage folks to
Happy Prince staring Rupert Everett. Talks start at 12.30pm starts at 2.30pm and tickets for that are £5.50. Ring the box www.stamfordartscentre.com for further information. A Ploughman’s Tale, telling the story of World War I through the music and poetry of the time will take place at St John the Baptist, just off Cathedral Square, Peterborough presents, on Friday 9 November. Starting at 7.30pm, tickets, priced £8.50, are available from www. ticketsource.co.uk Henry Normal (writer, poet, comedian and co-founder of Baby Cow Productions with Steve Coogan) will be at Stamford Arts Centre on Friday 9 November with his new show
inside them. Locally there are a few groups worth considering that offer support and encouragement: Fiction Fix meet at The Draper’s Arms in Cowgate, Sunday of most months (check the Facebook group The Finger meeting) as a chance for writers to read extracts from works in progress. Just Write is a new circle for writers who meet at the Tesco Hampton Community Space once a month. The next session is on 28 November from 7pm.
I always recommend the courses that Tim Wilson runs at the City College in Brook Street, Peterborough. Tim has had more than 30 novels professionally published so knows not only about writing but also how to market your work. His classes run through term time (so will be starting again in January) plus occasional taster sessions on Saturdays. Details can be found at www. citycollegepeterborough.ac.uk Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival comes around again on Friday 18-Sunday 20 January 2019. On the Saturday from 12.30pm at the Methodist/ United Reformed Church in Queen Street there will be three sessions with the story teller Carl Merry. Then from 12.30 and 3.30pm there will be two hour-long sessions from Poets United in the Town Hall (above the Museum), who are marking 10 years of performances at the festival. Over the summer, the Cardinal performed in Camden and at The Jolly Brewer beer festival in Stamford. He also had work published in Britain and America.
LISTINGS
01 November Voodoo Acoustic (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Quiz, Packhorse, Northborough
02 November Karaoke, The Whittle, Stanground Karaoke Night (9pm), Jubilee, Bourne Goodnight Mister Tom, Stamford Arts Centre The Soap Girls/March to the Grave, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Tea dance (3.30pm), Peterborough Con Club The Big D (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Antoine, Masons Arms, Bourne Third Stone from the Sun, Puzzles, Peterborough Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston Iyatra Quartet (8pm), Northwick Arms, Ketton Lazoons, London Inn, Stamford Tiger Club, Ploughman, Werrington Dusk til Dawn, Golden Fleece, Stamford Hit 4 Six, Yard of Ale, Woodston 03 November Blackout UK (9.30pm), Jubilee, Bourne 3D (8.30pm-late), Fletton Ex-Servicemen’s Club Goodnight Mister Tom, Stamford Arts Centre River (8pm), Watergate Yard, Sleaford Real Monsters (8.30pm), Grainstore, Oakham Tocatta (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Purple Shoes, Railway, Oakham Antoine Fleuriot (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell DJ Neil (Karaoke), Masons Arms, Bourne Lee Robertshaw, Puzzles, Peterborough Mullered at the Mill, Black Bull, Kirton Nuggets, London Inn, Stamford Betty Swallocks, The Stage, Market Deeping TBA, Golden Fleece, Stamford Black-star Revolution, Yard of Ale, Woodston Outlaw Eagles, Ploughman, Werrington 04 November Oakleas Rise (4pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Quiz, White Horse, Spalding Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Quiz, Nags Head Heckington March to the Grave, The Maze, Nottingham Jazz: Deeping Dixielanders (12pm), Peterborough Con Club Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Quiz, Jolly Scotchman, Holdingham Keith Luckey (3pm), Frothblower’s, Werrington
05 November Open Mic (8pm), Bluebell Inn, Werrington
06 November Acoustic Night (8pm), The Millstone, Barnack An Audience with Kate Humble, Stamford Arts Centre Unplugged, NCCD, Sleaford Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 07 November Thinking Person’s Quiz, Bustard Inn, South Rauceby Quiz (8pm), Watergate Yard, Sleaford Quiz, Grainstore, Oakham 08 November Voodoo Stands Up (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Quiz, Whistle Stop, Tallington Fever Tree G&T Event, Millstone, Barnack Captain Backwash, Hand and Heart, Peterborough 09 November Henry Normal (8pm), Stamford Arts Centre
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Chasing Dragons + Alter the Sky + Black Hawk Down + Synthetic (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Steve Johns (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Leftovas, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston DJ, London Inn, Stamford The Returns, Ploughman, Werrington Little Big Band, Golden Fleece, Stamford Subway 77, Yard of Ale, Woodston 10 November Lizzy On the Loose, The Whittle, Stanground True British Mayhem, Prince of Wales, Castor Marnie – Met Opera Live Screening (5.55pm), Stamford Arts Centre EEVAH + guests (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Kenny Lee Hustler (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Mod Story, Railway, Oakham Karaoke (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Brothers Grimm, Masons Arms, Bourne Mark Stevens, Puzzles, Peterborough Vigilantes, Black Bull, Kirton Guards, London Inn, Stamford Deps, The Stage, Market Deeping Go With the Flow, Ploughman, Werrington Shadow of the Sun, Golden Fleece, Stamford Frankly My Dear, Yard of Ale, Woodston Listen Like Thieves, Castle, Castle Bytham 11 November Quiz, White Horse, Spalding Quiz, White Horse, Baston Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Quiz, Nags Head Heckington Quiz, Crown, Casterton Quiz (7.30pm), Melbourn Bros, Stamford Remembrance Day with Pat Nearney/Gary T Thompson, Peterborough Con Club Pennyless (4-6pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Quiz, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz, Jolly Scotchman, Holdingham 12 November Songwriters’ Evening (8pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Folk Night, Eagle, Boston 13 November Quiz, Hare & Hounds, Greatford Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 14 November Backroom Acoustic (8pm), The Angel, Ramsey Troilus and Cressida RSC - Live Screening (7pm), Stamford Arts Centre
Poetry Swaps, Cellar Bar, Stamford 15 November Quiz, Packhorse, Northborough 16 November Broken Crown, Bustard Inn, South Rauceby Hooch (9.30pm), Jubilee, Bourne Steve Moyes (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Blues Club A Go-Go, Railway, Oakham Mark Bishop, Masons Arms, Bourne LOAE EP Launch, Puzzles, Peterborough Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston DJ, London Inn, Stamford Kickback, Ploughman, Werrington Blackout UK, Golden Fleece, Stamford Revolver, Yard of Ale, Woodston 17 November Filthy Contacts, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Black Rose, Fletton Ex-Servicemen’s Club Guest DJ & Rachael (8pm), Watergate Yard, Sleaford Mike Shelby (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Nick Glover (Karaoke), Masons Arms, Bourne Matty Haynes, Puzzles, Peterborough UFK, Black Bull, Kirton Point Blank, London Inn, Stamford Beatz, The Stage, Market Deeping The Nuggets, Ploughman, Werrington Paul Lake acoustic, Five Horseshoes, Barholm Indigo, Golden Fleece, Stamford
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Mollys Chamber, Yard of Ale, Woodston 18 November Degas – Passion for Perfection Screening (2pm), Stamford Arts Centre A Warning to the Curious Two Ghost Stories by MR James (7.30pm), Cellar Bar, Stamford Quiz, White Horse, Spalding Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Quiz, Nags Head Heckington Open Mic, Old Ship, Pointon Country Billy ‘Bubba’ King (8pm), Peterborough Con Club Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Shane Poole, Puzzles, Peterborough Quiz, Jolly Scotchman, Holdingham 20 November Open Mic (8.45pm), The Boat Inn, Whittlesey The Madness of King George III – NT Live Screening (7pm), Stamford Arts Centre Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 22 November Half Moon presents Off the Grid By David Lane (7.30pm), Stamford Arts Centre 23 November The Settlers: The Pop/Folk Sound of the 60s (7.30pm), Stamford Arts Centre Billy J (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Loose Rocket, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston DJ, London Inn, Stamford Carpark Rendezvous, Ploughman, Werrington Porky Pig, Golden Fleece, Stamford CJ Hatt, Yard of Ale, Woodston 24 November Band Called Malice (Jam Tribute) (8.30pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Response (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club The Humm, Railway, Oakham Dom Brister, Masons Arms, Bourne Crossing the Tracks, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Meg McPartlin, Puzzles, Peterborough Beachy Head Diving Club, Black Bull, Kirton Hooker, London Inn, Stamford Sarah O’Brien Band, The Stage, Market Deeping Iron Fist, Ploughman, Werrington Harkback, Golden Fleece, Stamford Mind the Gap, Yard of Ale, Woodston Zeb Rootz, Anchor Inn, Sutton Bridge 25 November Lexie Green (4pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford
Quiz, White Horse, Spalding Quiz, Nags Head Heckington Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Quiz, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz, Jolly Scotchman, Holdingham Glasshouse Acoustic (2.30-5.30pm), Key Theatre, Peterborough Open Mic (3pm), Watergate Yard, Sleaford Quiz, White Horse, Baston Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Karaoke with Mighty Mouth Trev, Ploughman, Werrington Folk Night, Castle, Castle Bytham - Fourth Sunday of every month 26 November Velocity, The Whittle, Stanground Quiz Night, Castle, Castle Bytham 27 November Open Mic (8pm), Blue Boar, Eye Quiz, Horsehoes, Silk Willoughby Quiz, Hare & Hounds, Greatford Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 28 November Live Jazz with the Tony Giles’ All Stars, Bustard Inn, South Rauceby
Backroom Acoustic (8pm), The Angel, Ramsey The Tannahill Weavers (7.30pm), Stamford Arts Centre 29 November Tangram Theatre Presents Bicycles and Fish (7.30pm), Stamford Arts Centre Voodoo Stands Up: Richard Morton + John Ryan + Olaf Falafel (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Comedy Club (6.15pm), Grainstore, Oakham Music Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell 30 November Whisky Bar Acoustic Sessions (8.30pm), The Boat Inn, Whittlesey Among the Citizens + The Skinner Brothers + Golden Bantic + Extons (7.30pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Halo, Bell, Deeping St James Steve Perry (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Afterlife, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston Chuck Norris, London Inn, Stamford Retrolux, Ploughman, Werrington TBA, Golden Fleece, Stamford John Quinn, Yard of Ale, Woodston 01 December The Best of Wham!, Stamford Corn Exchange Sound Injections, Fletton Ex-Servicemen’s Club Bella Hardy, Ringstead Shared Church Classical Season Britten Oboe Quartet (7.30pm) Stamford Arts Centre TBC, Watergate Yard, Sleaford Sticky Fingers (8.30pm), Grainstore, Oakham Mark Steele (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Meg McPartlin, Railway, Oakham Rob Jeffrey (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Son of a Gun, Masons Arms, Bourne Stone Pony, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Velocity, Samm’s, Peterborough County Block, Black Bull, Kirton Children of the Rev, London Inn, Stamford Revolver, The Stage, Market Deeping The Zephyrs, Ploughman, Werrington Circa 73, Golden Fleece, Stamford Dec Slider Band, Yard of Ale, Woodston 02 December Steptoe and Son, Stamford Corn Exchange Festive Open Mic, Watergate Yard, Sleaford Quiz, White Horse, Spalding Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Quiz, Nags Head Heckington Pennyless (4-6pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Quiz, Jolly Scotchman, Holdingham
Keith Luckey (3pm), Frothblower’s, Werrington 03 December Open Mic with Stacey (8pm), The Bluebell Inn, Werrington Christmas Quiz (8pm), Grainstore, Oakham 04 December Acoustic Night (8pm), The Millstone, Barnack Unplugged, NCCD, Sleaford Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington Stand-up Comedy Night, Samm’s, Peterborough 05 December The Tiger Who Came to Tea (4.30pm), Stamford Corn Exchange Christmas Quiz, Bustard Inn, South Rauceby Quiz (8pm), Watergate Yard, Sleaford 06 December The Tiger Who Came to Tea (10.30am), Stamford Corn Exchange Voodoo Acoustic (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Frankie Vah (8pm) Stamford Arts Centre Bouquet of Dead Crows + Burning Codes (7.30pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Quiz, Packhorse, Northborough 07 December The Tiger Who Came to Tea (10.30am, 1.30pm), Stamford Corn Exchange Queen Xmas Party with the Bohemians (8pm), Stamford Corn Exchange Karaoke, The Whittle, Stanground Christmas Party Night (booking required), Bustard Inn, South Rauceby Karaoke Night, Jubilee, Bourne Tea Dance (3.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Lenny & Emma (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Leftovas, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston FB Pocket Orchestra, Northwick Arms, Ketton Circa 73, London Inn, Stamford The Guards, Ploughman, Werrington Velocity, Golden Fleece, Stamford The Expletives, Yard of Ale, Woodston 08 December The Tiger Who Came to Tea (10.30am, 1.30pm), Stamford Corn Exchange Queen Xmas Party with the Bohemians (8pm), Stamford Corn Exchange Hummer + Crash Mats (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Top Banana Band, Grainstore, Oakham Los Cohonas, Bell, Deeping St James Nite Owls (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club
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Risky Trick, Railway, Oakham Karaoke (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Antoine, Masons Arms, Bourne The Broadcasters, Samm’s, Peterborough Sound Injectors, New Inn, Boston Boobonyx, Black Bull, Kirton Overdubs, London Inn, Stamford Lee Joshua Rose, The Stage, Market Deeping Dirty Rumour, Ploughman, Werrington Last Minute Brigade, Yard of Ale, Woodston Intonation, Captain Backwash, Rhapsody (7.30pm), Werrington Village Centre 09 December Beauty and The Beast, Stamford Corn Exchange Epigone Jazz Ensemble (4pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Quiz, White Horse, Spalding Quiz, White Horse, Baston Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Quiz, Nags Head, Heckington Quiz, Crown, Casterton Quiz (7.30pm), Melbourn Bros, Stamford Peterborough Operatic & Drama Society (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Quiz, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz, Jolly Scotchman, Holdingham Machines, Golden Fleece, Stamford 10 December Songwriters’ Evening (8pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Folk Night, Eagle, Boston 11 December Hounddogs+ Outsiders (8.30pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Quiz, Hare & Hounds, Greatford Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington 12 December Backroom Acoustic (8pm), The Angel, Ramsey My Boy Jack by David Haig (7.45pm) Stamford Arts Centre 13 December Palmy Ukelele Band, Prince of Wales, Castor My Boy Jack by David Haig (7.45pm) Stamford Arts Centre Quiz, Whistle Stop, Tallington 14 December One Night Stand, The Whittle, Stanground Christmas Party Night (booking required), Bustard Inn, South Rauceby Karaoke, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Mark Bishop (9.30pm), Jubilee, Bourne
Whittlesey Folk Club (8pm), The Falcon Hotel, Whittlesey My Boy Jack by David Haig (7.45pm) Stamford Arts Centre John Kirkpatrick (7.30pm) Stamford Arts Centre Off the Record (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Blue Ryders, Railway, Oakham Revolver, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston Halo, London Inn, Stamford The Fedz, Ploughman, Werrington The Returns, Golden Fleece, Stamford Children of the Revolution, Yard of Ale, Woodston First Anniversary Party, Castle, Castle Bytham Captain Backwash, Hand and Heart, Peterborough 15 December Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Stamford Corn Exchange Children of the Revolution, Prince of Wales, Castor Karaoke Night, Jubilee, Bourne The Contacts (Ticket only, 8.30pm-late), Fletton ExServicemen’s Club My Boy Jack by David Haig (7.45pm) Stamford Arts Centre Guest DJ & Rachael, Watergate Yard, Sleaford Millie Manders & The Shutup + Nosebleed + Crybaby Special + Deadbeat at Dawn (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Sky Liners (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Bothers Grimm, Masons Arms, Bourne Iron Fist, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Matt Howard, Samm’s, Peterborough NQG, Black Bull, Kirton Donut, London Inn, Stamford Leon, The Stage, Market Deeping Boba Fett, Ploughman, Werrington Disarray, Golden Fleece, Stamford Porky Pig, Yard of Ale, Woodston 16 December Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Stamford Corn Exchange Quiz, White Horse, Spalding Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Quiz, Nags Head Heckington Open Mic, Old Ship, Pointon Country Texas Gun (8pm), Peterborough Con Club Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Quiz, Jolly Scotchman, Holdingham 17 December Rutland Big Band (7.30pm), Grainstore, Oakham 18 December Open Mic (8.45pm), The Boat Inn, Whittlesey Bingo, Red Lion, Ruskington
19 December Christmas Jazz: Tony Giles’ All Stars, Bustard Inn, South Rauceby Quiz (Xmas special, 8pm), Watergate Yard, Sleaford 20 December Open Mic (8pm), Blue Boar, Eye Antony & Cleopatra Live Screening (7pm), Stamford Arts Centre Voodoo Stands up : Ivo Graham + Andrew bird + Olaf Felafel (8pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Quiz, Packhorse, Northborough 21 December New Generation Crash & Burn, The Whittle, Stanground Christmas Party Night (booking required), Bustard Inn, South Rauceby Jack Sandison (Rat Pack Christmas), Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor The Big Band at Christmas (7.30pm), Stamford Arts Centre Manky Beds, Grainstore, Oakham Jamie Thurston (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Cuttin’ Loose, Masons Arms, Bourne One Eyed Cats, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston Blackout UK, London Inn, Stamford
High Rollers, Ploughman, Werrington Superheroes, Golden Fleece, Stamford Retrolux, Yard of Ale, Woodston 22 December Expletives, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor The Great Pretenders (9.30pm), Jubilee, Bourne Skyliners (8.30pm), Fletton Ex-Servicemen’s Club Snow White, Rose Red, Bear Brown (11am, 2.30pm), Stamford Arts Centre La Traviata Live Screening (5.55pm), Stamford Arts Centre Funked Up, Grainstore, Oakham Lawrie Haley Duo (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club DJ Neil (Karaoke), Masons Arms, Bourne Whiskey Twist, Iron Horse, Market Deeping LOAE, Samm’s, Peterborough Dirty Rumour, London Inn, Stamford Revolver, Ploughman, Werrington Subway, Golden Fleece, Stamford The Guards, Yard of Ale, Woodston Christmas Reggae Party: Zeb Rootz, Constitutional Club, Sutton Bridge 23 December Afterlife (9pm), Jubilee, Bourne Quiz, White Horse, Spalding Quiz, White Horse, Baston
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Peterborough Pub of the Year 2016 Now open all day every day from 12 noon Up to four real ales available Food served Mon-Sat 12-2pm and 6-8pm, Sunday roast 12-3pm Large riverside beer garden Quiz every Sunday eve (cash prizes)
New Years Eve Party with DJ North Street, Stanground, Peterborough PE2 8HR (01733) 753544
Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor Quiz, Nags Head Heckington Savoy Jazz (12pm), Peterborough Con Club Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell Quiz, Masons Arms, Bourne Quiz, Jolly Scotchman, Holdingham Herbie Lamb Quartet, Five Horseshoes, Barholm Folk Night, Castle, Castle Bytham 24 December Xmas Eve Karaoke/Disco, The Whittle, Stanground Dale Andrews (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Jack Little, Samm’s, Peterborough Last Minute Brigade, Golden Fleece, Stamford The Zephyrs, Yard of Ale, Woodston 26 December Ramshackle Serenade, Yard of Ale, Woodston 27 December Sleeping Beauty, Stamford Corn Exchange Comedy Club (6.15pm), Grainstore, Oakham Music Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell 28 December Sleeping Beauty, Stamford Corn Exchange The Broadcaster’s (9.30pm), Jubilee, Bourne Whisky Bar Acoustic Sessions (8.30pm), The Boat Inn, Whittlesey Without a Doubt (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Afterlife, Masons Arms, Bourne Cubans & Cognac, Samm’s, Peterborough Quiz + Play Your Cards Right, Eagle, Boston DJ, London Inn, Stamford Peglar, Ploughman, Werrington The Guards, Golden Fleece, Stamford Another girl Another Planet, Yard of Ale, Woodston 29 December Sleeping Beauty, Stamford Corn Exchange Tony G (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Ska2Nite, Railway, Oakham Dean & Co, Masons Arms, Bourne Nick Corney & The Buzz Rats, Samm’s, Peterborough Standins, Black Bull, Kirton Leon, London Inn, Stamford , Ploughman, Werrington The Zephyrs, Golden Fleece, Stamford 3rd Stone From the Sun, Yard of Ale, Woodston 30 December Sleeping Beauty, Stamford Corn Exchange Pub Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn,Yarwell 31 December Sleeping Beauty, Stamford Corn Exchange
NYE Party: Zeb Rootz, Court, Bretton New Year’s Eve Party ft the Dropouts (free entry), The Whittle, Stanground Park Lane (Tkt only), Fletton Ex-Servicemen’s Club New Year’s Ever Party: Take Two & Paul Copstake (9pm), Peterborough Con Club Mark Bishop, Masons Arms, Bourne Strellies, Black Bull, Kirton Deps, London Inn, Stamford New Year’s Eve Party with Children of the Revolution (Ticket Only) , Ploughman, Werrington The Famous Unknowns, Golden Fleece, Stamford New Year’s Eve: Last Minute Brigade (ticket only), Yard of Ale, Woodston New Year’s Eve Party: Singing Major + buffet, Castle, Castle Bytham New Year’s Eve Party, Woolpack, Stanground 01 January Sleeping Beauty, Stamford Corn Exchange
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21-25 November Mini Winter Beer Festival, Ploughman, Werrington Up to 25 Beers and Ciders, plus live entertainment
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Cadenhead’s Whisky Shop & Tasting Room 26 Chiltern Street Marylebone London W1U 7QF 020 7935 6999 whiskytastingroom.com With a fondness for cask beer, I know very little about whisky other than that single malt is meant to be the best. So I thought it best to seek some advice in choosing a bottle. Cadenhead’s, which was founded in Aberdeen in 1842, is Scotland’s oldest independent bottler. Owning thousands of casks for bottling or laying down, it’s little wonder that the shelves in its shop close to Baker Street station are packed full of whiskies. In the front you Scottish distilleries – including parent company J & A Mitchell & Co Ltd’s own Springbank and Glengyle distilleries in Campbeltown, “the original whisky capital” – while the back room features whiskies from Ireland and Japan, along with rum, brandy and gin. The downstairs tasting room sees regular use throughout the week; including a daily on Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays the Trip Around Scotland Tasting Evening. The latter, priced £35 each, is an hour and three quarters session, featuring malts from across Scotland, a selection of canapés and a lively presentation on the history of whisky, its production and the
effects of wood styles, regions and ageing on taste. session, from complete novices to those with more of a passing acquaintance with whisky. The session was led by Joel who introduced us to the Glencairn whisky glass, a tulip shaped glass that captures the aroma of whisky. We each had a glass dropper, to allow us to add a little water to the whisky, which splits the oil and resin in the drink. Spring water (“any spring water as long as it’s still”) is recommended as the volcanic elements in mineral can change the taste. Ice is a no no as the change of temperature shuts down the taste and, of course, melts introducing tap Selecting a whisky is all down to personal taste, or as Joel says: “You like what you like, life’s too short to worry,” and the same goes for how much water you add, “there’s no need to suffer.”
The same goes for what to eat with your whisky; there was a great spread at the tasting including Stilton cheese, smoked salmon and caviar on oatcakes, really is a case of personal taste whether you have something sweet or savoury. strength whiskies (some their whiskies when bottling, Cadenhead’s doesn’t), we got to try a 32-year-old Cognac. But my favourite of all the drams that night was a 14-year-old single malt from Benrinnes Distillery in Speyside. Now owned by Diageo, much of the distillery’s output goes towards its blends such as Johnnie Walker and J&B. But this well-rounded whisky, with a perfect as it is and I can see why William Cadenhead thought it a good idea to start bottling and selling single malts in the
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