A Pub For All Seasons

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A poetic meditation on the public house, its history and place in our culture with some memoir deftly thrown in. Most of all it's an appreciation of what makes a pub great: the layers accumulated by decades - centuries, sometimes - of human interaction * The Spectator, Drinks Books of the Year * In winter, "The warmth of the pub is physical, attention-seeking, a welcome hand on the shoulder" observes Tierney-Jones, a writer of beer guides whose prose takes a turn towards the poetic in this travelogue. The book follows the seasons, and does a smart job of being elegiac and a little magical without trying to deny modernity. * Financial Times, Drinks Books of the year * This is a splendid book, ruminative, delightful and as full of good cheer as the best pub. * Mail on Sunday * 'A fabulous year-long odyssey in search of the best pubs ... An evocative mix of travelogue, pub guide and social history ... A must-read. * Daily Express * A genial ramble of a book ... a paean to the pub and its crucial role in community life. * Country Life * You've never read a book quite like A Pub for All Seasons before. It's a hymn to the unique charms of the British pub that encompasses aspects of memoir, travel and as you might expect quite a bit of beer. With writing that's elegiac, moving and as satisfying as a cool pint of Harvey's Best on a hot summer's day, Adrian Tierney-Jones is the undisputed bard of the bar room. * Henry Jeffreys, author of Vines in a Cold Climate * Adrian Tierney-Jones doesn't just visit pubs - he inhabits them and gives them a voice, allowing them to tell us how they act as the cornerstones of culture and community. * Pete Brown, author * He takes the reader around the country and into pubs often at quieter contemplative times and at its heart it is a gentle contemplative publication ... It is to some extent a love letter to things lost but such is the style of Tierney-Jones that this is dealt with in a light touch and ultimately the book is upbeat ... Profound, personal and powerful. * Beer Insider * This is slow travel, the time consumed by reflection. You can almost hear the leaden tick of a grandfather clock as he sips and muses and writes. The mood is frequently melancholic, 'the loneliness of the long-distance drinker' as Tierney-Jones has it. * British Beer Breaks *