Research by Claire Markham has hit the front cover of the Local Campaign for Real Ale magazine “Impale” http://www.lincolncamra.org.uk/test/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/impale3_16.pdf
Based on her earlier PhD work, and a co-authored book chapter, we have been offering recommendations to publicans about how they might attempt to stem the rates of village pub closures. In particular, we encourage them to identify ways to build on the social and heritage values associated with village pubs so that these icons of rural England last for many generations to come.