Here are a few images of 'A Pint For The Ghost', taken by poet & photographer Martin Figura at the Escalator showcase last month... Terrifying stuff, as I'm sure you'll agree (and that's just my hair).
I'm still busy in rehearsals for June 27th at the moment, so much so that, to my shame, I missed the Cambridge beer festival recently. I've had to console myself by compiling a list of my top ten UK pubs...
10. The Bear, Alderwasley, Derbyshire
Medieval tapestries on the walls, and a dark interior that disguises the sinister bears lurking round every corner.
Medieval tapestries on the walls, and a dark interior that disguises the sinister bears lurking round every corner.
9. The Fat Cat, Sheffield
Beer straight from Kelham Island brewery, located in the middle of the former industrial quarter. A trip to The Fat Cat will take you on a scenic tour of Sheffield’s red light district. Well worth it for the best beer in town.
8. The Fat Cat, Norwich
A pub by the same name in Norwich with the biggest guest ale board I’ve ever seen, including the famous Fat Cat Marmalade.
7. The Marble Arch, Manchester
I’ve never been to The Marble Arch to see its incredible interior, but my dad’s so in love with it it seems to have become part of family legend and I almost imagine I’ve drunk there...
6. The Blue Ball, Grantchester
Brilliant cider and all the folk music you could ever wish to hear. Walking back across the fields to Cambridge in the dark is brilliant after a few pints.
5. The Queens Head, Newton
Mulled wine and poetry in the winter, and a bard for a landlord.
4. The Bricklayers Arms, London
4. The Bricklayers Arms, London
The first place I ever got drunk in the capital as a teenager, after a happy day eating chips and drinking Sam Smiths beer.
3. Fannys Ale House, Saltaire
Brilliant ale and always packed to the rafters.
2. The Devonshire Cat, Sheffield
It seems all my favourite Sheffield pubs have a feline connection. This pub has a beer menu longer than the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
1. The Arkwright Arms, Duckmanton
My local at home; brilliant beer and an assortment of family drunks. The Arkwright has been the ruin of many a Christmas dinner at home, with my dad and grandad falling asleep on the turkey.
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Glad to see The Fat Cat (the Sheffield one) make your list, Helen. Brilliant booze and cheap, tasty pub grub too. I was chuffed recently when it neatly fell into a half-decent poem I scribbled. And The Devonshire Cat is of course legendary. One Kwak and you never look back.
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