Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻
@professorpub.bsky.social
Professor at the University of York researching pubs and pub consumers! Some travelling (pubs/beer included) and the odd Border Terrier picture!
Happy New Year everyone! Had a great New Year’s Eve at The Grapes and now recovering from a few too many drinks! Hopefully 2026 will be a better year for our wonderful pubs! #2026
January 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Happy New Year everyone! Had a great New Year’s Eve at The Grapes and now recovering from a few too many drinks! Hopefully 2026 will be a better year for our wonderful pubs! #2026
Christmas Day pint at the Grapes, Slingsby- free drink if you pull a number ending in 0 or 5 from Tracey, plenty of pigs in blankets and a roaring fire 🔥 #chrismaspub
December 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Christmas Day pint at the Grapes, Slingsby- free drink if you pull a number ending in 0 or 5 from Tracey, plenty of pigs in blankets and a roaring fire 🔥 #chrismaspub
As it is Christmas Eve why not enjoy ‘12 Pubs of Christmas’ from the new Historic England Pubs Hub - heritagecalling.com/2025/12/18/t...
The 12 Pubs of Christmas: historic pubs with a festive theme
Explore the hidden histories of listed pubs with a festive theme.
heritagecalling.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
As it is Christmas Eve why not enjoy ‘12 Pubs of Christmas’ from the new Historic England Pubs Hub - heritagecalling.com/2025/12/18/t...
Christmas has started when you’re queuing outside the butchers with a glass of of port before 9am! #christmasdrinks
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Christmas has started when you’re queuing outside the butchers with a glass of of port before 9am! #christmasdrinks
Headed out into the fog for a pub lunch at The Crown, Hutton-le-Hole - the staff here are always excrement and they sell great pub grub! Normally packed full of walkers but the weather seemed to have put them off today! #pub
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Headed out into the fog for a pub lunch at The Crown, Hutton-le-Hole - the staff here are always excrement and they sell great pub grub! Normally packed full of walkers but the weather seemed to have put them off today! #pub
Last night was the wonderful potato wars at the Grapes, Slingsby - farmers bring in their 🥔 potatoes, which are made into chips which everyone gets the chance to try and vote for their favourite. The potato wars winner is then crowned! 🥔 🥔 🥔
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Last night was the wonderful potato wars at the Grapes, Slingsby - farmers bring in their 🥔 potatoes, which are made into chips which everyone gets the chance to try and vote for their favourite. The potato wars winner is then crowned! 🥔 🥔 🥔
You can read more about our no and low project in hospitality on the @uoysbs.bsky.social Spotlight Blog "Encouraging No and Low Alcohol Availability and Visibility in Hospitality Settings": blogs.york.ac.uk/sbs-spotligh...
@york.ac.uk @dremilynicholls.bsky.social
@york.ac.uk @dremilynicholls.bsky.social
Encouraging No and Low Alcohol Availability and Visibility in Hospitality Settings – Spotlight on Business and Society
blogs.york.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
You can read more about our no and low project in hospitality on the @uoysbs.bsky.social Spotlight Blog "Encouraging No and Low Alcohol Availability and Visibility in Hospitality Settings": blogs.york.ac.uk/sbs-spotligh...
@york.ac.uk @dremilynicholls.bsky.social
@york.ac.uk @dremilynicholls.bsky.social
Coverage of our map in the Drinks Business!:
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/york...
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/york...
York launches NoLo map to spotlight alcohol-free options ahead of Dry January
Researchers in York have created a new city-wide map designed to help consumers find venues offering no and low alcohol drinks.
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Coverage of our map in the Drinks Business!:
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/york...
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/12/york...
Great to get some coverage for our no and low alcohol York Map in the @yorkpress.bsky.social - www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2569957...
Map released showing where to find no and low alcohol options in York
More than 30 York hospitality venues feature in a new map which aims to help local residents and visitors easily discover venues offering no and low…
www.yorkpress.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Great to get some coverage for our no and low alcohol York Map in the @yorkpress.bsky.social - www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2569957...
A lovely reflection on the joys of drinking alone - “Drinking alone, within reason, makes you slow down, meditate, enjoy your own company and observe those around you.” - henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
The joy of drinking alone
A paean to solitary imbibing. Plus a new episode of Intoxicating History!
henryjeffreys.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A lovely reflection on the joys of drinking alone - “Drinking alone, within reason, makes you slow down, meditate, enjoy your own company and observe those around you.” - henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
Reposted by Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻
Please share this image - with big thanks to the Edgcumbe Arms 👏
We all need to get the message out that unless the Government listens & changes course - and supports pubs rather than taxing them to death.
#businessratesbetrayal #stoptheratesrise #TaxedOut #saveourpubs #pubs
We all need to get the message out that unless the Government listens & changes course - and supports pubs rather than taxing them to death.
#businessratesbetrayal #stoptheratesrise #TaxedOut #saveourpubs #pubs
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Please share this image - with big thanks to the Edgcumbe Arms 👏
We all need to get the message out that unless the Government listens & changes course - and supports pubs rather than taxing them to death.
#businessratesbetrayal #stoptheratesrise #TaxedOut #saveourpubs #pubs
We all need to get the message out that unless the Government listens & changes course - and supports pubs rather than taxing them to death.
#businessratesbetrayal #stoptheratesrise #TaxedOut #saveourpubs #pubs
A great morning touring lots of York venues by foot and by cycle to deliver newly printed copies of our no and low map! @dremilynicholls.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A great morning touring lots of York venues by foot and by cycle to deliver newly printed copies of our no and low map! @dremilynicholls.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
Tomorrow is the official lunch day of our No and Low Alcohol Venue Map of York! Highlighting venues who serve no and low alternatives and took part in our visibility study! @york.ac.uk @uoysbs.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Tomorrow is the official lunch day of our No and Low Alcohol Venue Map of York! Highlighting venues who serve no and low alternatives and took part in our visibility study! @york.ac.uk @uoysbs.bsky.social
Was surprised and pleased that our work on pub crawls made it into the featured research projects in the @york.ac.uk Annual Review 2025 - features.york.ac.uk/annual-revie... @kathrynarnold.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Was surprised and pleased that our work on pub crawls made it into the featured research projects in the @york.ac.uk Annual Review 2025 - features.york.ac.uk/annual-revie... @kathrynarnold.bsky.social
Visit to the new Northern Monk Refectory in York! Relaxed venue with lovely seat layout and friendly staff! Bit quiet on a Monday (not unexpected) and with certainly return for cosy pints again! #taproom
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Visit to the new Northern Monk Refectory in York! Relaxed venue with lovely seat layout and friendly staff! Bit quiet on a Monday (not unexpected) and with certainly return for cosy pints again! #taproom
Looks like a nice little present for any pub lovers.... www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...
Love the dog on the barstool on the front cover!
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Love the dog on the barstool on the front cover!
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
The Pub
www.penguin.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Looks like a nice little present for any pub lovers.... www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...
Love the dog on the barstool on the front cover!
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Love the dog on the barstool on the front cover!
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
It was great to be invited to speak at the North East Regional Meeting of the Institute of Licencing about our no and low alcohol visibility project today @uoysbs.bsky.social @york.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It was great to be invited to speak at the North East Regional Meeting of the Institute of Licencing about our no and low alcohol visibility project today @uoysbs.bsky.social @york.ac.uk
"If you were trying to destroy the pub, you’d struggle to come up with a more effective plan than the one we’re living under" - www.lbc.co.uk/article/camp...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social - this industry will be decimated! Do something positive for pubs! #positiveforpubs
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social - this industry will be decimated! Do something positive for pubs! #positiveforpubs
Is there a deliberate campaign to destroy the British pub, writes Tom Swarbrick | LBC
It’s beginning to feel as though there is something more deliberate going on
www.lbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"If you were trying to destroy the pub, you’d struggle to come up with a more effective plan than the one we’re living under" - www.lbc.co.uk/article/camp...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social - this industry will be decimated! Do something positive for pubs! #positiveforpubs
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social - this industry will be decimated! Do something positive for pubs! #positiveforpubs
When thinking about how much you might drink in the run up to Christmas maybe consider what happened to this racoon: "The "masked bandit" was found passed out in the bathroom between the toilet and bin having helped itself to some bottom shelf spirits."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drunk raccoon found passed out on liquor store floor after breaking in
The intoxicated animal suffered no injuries and was released back into the wild by animal protection once sober.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When thinking about how much you might drink in the run up to Christmas maybe consider what happened to this racoon: "The "masked bandit" was found passed out in the bathroom between the toilet and bin having helped itself to some bottom shelf spirits."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pubs are declining in the UK but also struggling in Ireland......
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers
Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Pubs are declining in the UK but also struggling in Ireland......
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Happy to see that the concerns of pubs made it onto the national news - and @theswanyork speaking for them! The government have dealt yet another blow to an industry that deeply supports our communities! Politicians need to up their game, and quickly, to avoid devastation! #pub
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Happy to see that the concerns of pubs made it onto the national news - and @theswanyork speaking for them! The government have dealt yet another blow to an industry that deeply supports our communities! Politicians need to up their game, and quickly, to avoid devastation! #pub
Good to see the Campaign for Pubs quoted in this piece about the budget and the effect on pubs "Pubs need real help... with VAT rates, energy bills and employment costs if they are to continue.... to serve their crucial role at the heart of our communities."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Price of a bottle of wine could increase by 13p alcohol duty goes up
Despite warnings about the fragile state of the hospitality sector - and concerns about inflation - the Chancellor has pressed ahead with an increase in alcohol duty across the board.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Good to see the Campaign for Pubs quoted in this piece about the budget and the effect on pubs "Pubs need real help... with VAT rates, energy bills and employment costs if they are to continue.... to serve their crucial role at the heart of our communities."
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Trade bodies react angrily to Autumn Budget www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
Trade bodies react angrily to Autumn Budget
Industry leaders condemn Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget as a missed opportunity, citing insufficient business rates reform and rising costs threatening pubs, hospitality and night-time economy.
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Trade bodies react angrily to Autumn Budget www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
The new world of 0.0% and full strength cocktails, "Punters have mixed reactions" - www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/ar...
Bartenders blend 0.0 with alcoholic drinks, including 60/40 Guinness
The Palmerstown House Pub in Dublin debuted the new tipple on its Instagram page, explaining that the pint has 'all of the Guinness character' but is 'just a little lighter' than a pint of fully alcoh...
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The new world of 0.0% and full strength cocktails, "Punters have mixed reactions" - www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/ar...