14 h. ago All the London pubs that have closed down in the past year as new data suggests pub industry in grave trouble

In total, 366 pubs closed over the past year

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45 h. ago Songs about love, poverty and swimming in Bacardi lemon: Dutch ‘levenslied’ captures a new generation

The Netherlands’ guttersnipe answer to French chanson and German schlager is as popular as ever – but has it lost its roots as the defiant voice of the working class? Our writer sways along at the Muziekfeest van het Jaar to find out‘Uw doet wat, precies, meneer?’ My chic twentysomething hairdresser throws me a puzzled look: “You’re doing what, exactly, sir?” I am not behaving like an Englishman. I have just told her that I have bought tickets for the Muziekfeest van het Jaar (Music of the Year festival) in Amsterdam’s cavernous Ziggo Dome: a two-night extravaganza that is being recorded to be broadcast on New Year’s Eve as a kind of Dutch equivalent to Jools Holland’s Hootenanny, all dedicated to the brassy, sentimental, often untranslatable and still monumentally popular Dutch pop known as levenslied.“Levenslied” roughly translates as “songs about life”, and although popular throughout the land, especially in North Brabant, it is commonly associated with Amsterdam, and specificall...

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55 h. ago Popular north London Irish pub shuts its doors after 32 years

The well-loved establishment shut for good between Christmas and New Year

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5 d. ago Wetherspoons pub The Richard Hopkins in Newton Abbott suddenly shuts after 'incident'

A popular Wetherspoons pub closed after an 'incident involving a customer' - this is a breaking story

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8 d. ago Greta Thunberg arrested at London protest supporting Palestine Action

Greta Thunberg arrested at London protest supporting Palestine Action  The Irish Times

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9 d. ago Tourist killed beside his wife in ski lift horror: Chair slides 230ft backwards down cable, smashing into seat behind them, with victims trapped for hours

The fatal accident happened at around 1pm on Saturday at the Savin Kuk resort resort near the mountain town of Žabljak, a popular winter destination in the country's north.

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1 week ago King Charles officially opens new Guinness brewery in London

King Charles officially opens new Guinness brewery in London  The Irish Post

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1 week ago ‘It’s never been cooler to be Irish in London. So why do I feel conflicted about it?’

‘It’s never been cooler to be Irish in London. So why do I feel conflicted about it?’  The Irish Independent

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2 w. ago Beloved Baxter's Court Wetherspoon in Hackney to be replaced by The DC Lion

The east London pub shut its doors for good last month but is set to return as a free house

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2 w. ago Inside new Guinness brewery attraction open for first time in London complete with free pints and new beers

Inside new Guinness brewery attraction open for first time in London complete with free pints and new beers  The Irish Sun

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2 w. ago Brit pub landlords 'petrified' by Labour's Budget and issue urgent 'shutdown' warning

The British Beer and Pub Association has called for 30 per cent business rates relief for pubs as landlords say the Budget has left them 'petrified'

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3 w. ago Two buildings COLLAPSE killing at least 22 in Moroccan tourist city Fez as horror vid shows frantic search for survivors

YOUNG children were among at least 22 people who died after two buildings collapsed in one of Morocco’s most popular tourist cities. Disaster struck in Fez – the North African kingdom’s cultural capital and one of the oldest cities in the world – late on Tuesday night. Two adjacent four-storey buildings collapsed in the terrifying...

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3 w. ago 'Proud moment' as new Guinness brewery opens its doors in London

'Proud moment' as new Guinness brewery opens its doors in London  The Irish Post

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3 w. ago Several tourists among at least 23 killed in blaze at Goa nightclub

Fire broke out at midnight in the popular club in Arpora in the North Goa district, according to reportsAt least 23 people have been killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in the Indian resort city of Goa, officials said.Several tourists were among the dead in the fire, which broke out at about midnight at a club in Arpora in the North Goa district, according to the Press Trust of India. Continue reading...

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