Two very different hospitality businesses which share rustic-posh design values, a promise of locally sourced produce and a passion for the porcine are making their first forays into pub ownership. In the Cotswolds, the shabby-chic Pig hotel group founded by Robin Hutson will next month open The Village Pub in Barnsley, outside Cirencester, in the […]
Tech billionaire Larry Ellison has stepped in to revive the Eagle and Child, the Oxford pub famous as the preferred watering-hole of J.R.R. Tolkein, creator of The Lord of the Rings. The 17th-century pub has been closed since the Covid shutdown of 2020, and was reportedly being lined up for conversion into a hotel until […]
