Pub Experiment #1 (participation event)
I love pubs. Pubs come in all shapes and sizes. You can get a pub with a great selection of beer that's kept in alright condition and a good atmosphere, you can get a pub that has average selection of beer that's kept so well that you forget that you previously thought it was average. You get pubs with an awesome atmosphere, then you get ones that you wonder why you even bothered going to in the first place. There's a lot of campaigning for pubs to stay open these days and I've been thinking lately whether it's worth campaigning for awful pubs to stay open. They must appeal to some people, but I wonder why. Today, Tony Naylor's article in The Guardian's Word of Mouth really made me think. I posted the link on Facebook, and got a whole host of interesting responses that agreed with what Tony said in his article. The responses I got were great (depending on who you talk to) and I want to feature them in a future blog, and that's where the rest of y...