Pub Natter

We chat with Henry Winter, the football writer of the year, about charity work, unsung heroes, press room dynamics, sports writing and football in Ukraine.

We chat with Henry Winter, Chief Football Writer for the Times Newspaper about The Railway Inn, Sven, England, QPR, Luton, Leicester, interviewing footballers, trust in journalism and sport in schools.  

We catch-up with the multi-award winning Landlord, Jamie Betts, who owns the Railway Inn, Ketton, Rutland.

We chat with the multi talented Tracey Dene Powell who is a songwriter, scriptwriter, poet, blogger, author, podcaster and radio presenter.

A chat with the Landlord, Dan Lacey and some potted history of this part of Oakham.

We chat with Peter Atkinson, the co-owner of the Grainstore micro-brewery, pub, restaurant and music venue in Oakham, Rutland.

This one was recorded at the award winning Bakers Dozen Brewery at Ketton, Rutland. We chat with the owner and brewer, Dean Baker about all things beer and brewing.

Horrible history of Oakham Market Place with Justin and a chat with Andrew Brown, JP, the Chair of Rutland County Council.

We chat with Ryck Turner as he manages the transformation of the Whipper Inn, Oakham Market Place, Rutland to the George Inn and his big plans for the future.

A not-to-be-missed natter with Alicia Kearns, Member of Parliament for Melton & Rutland. We discuss her interesting life pre-politics, being an MP locally and nationally, becoming the first female Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and her future plans.

We natter with Ben Jones about how he took a dilapidated building and transformed it into only the second pub in UK to be awarded a Michelin star.

A natter with the Karen MacGregor, the new Landlady of the Noel Whitwell, Rutland, and Joe Davies, the Head of Reserve Management, Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust on biodiversity and his discovery of the 'Rutland Sea Dragon'!

This is part three of our 'not-to-be-missed' 2023 Christmas Special featuring the Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs (AFVBC). It was recorded in The Grainstore, Oakham, Rutland, during the December AFVBC meeting and features military veteran, Mark Taylor, his wife, Tracey Taylor who together started the Rutland Branch of the AFVBC and a regular attender, Helen Cullinan from LOROS.

This is part two of our three part 'not-to-be-missed' 2023 Christmas Special featuring the Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs (AFVBC). Part two was recorded in The Grainstore, Oakham, Rutland, during the December Rutland AFBC meeting and features military veterans, Ian Reynolds, Ian Razzell and 95-year-old John 'Bomber' Beckett.  Photos and links via Pub Natter Webpage

This is part one of our three part 'not-to-be-missed' 2023 Christmas Special. Part one features military veteran, Dereck Hardman, who founded the Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs in a garage in Hull, meeting up with his ex-forces mates on Saturdays for a bacon roll and cup of tea. Over a few years it became the largest veteran's community in UK and is now going global!  Photos and links...

A natter with Jamie Betts, the Pub Landlord then Rich Harris, the Chairman of Rutland CAMRA about all things relating to real ale. Photos and links on website at Pub Natter