Pub Natter

14/07/2024

Three years ago at Wembley it ended in disappointment for Justin & Tim. Will football finally be coming home tonight?

02/07/2024

The latest podcast is now available and link below.
This one was recently recorded at the 11th Rutland CAMRA Beer Festival at the Rutland Museum and features members of Rutland CAMRA discussing a variety of topics from organising a festival to cider.
https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/

22/06/2024

Great to host a Q&A today at the Rutland CAMRA Beer Festival with two very knowledgeable brewers. Thanks to Dean (right) from Baker's Dozen Brewing Co. & Ed (left) from Oakham Ales for your participation.

21/06/2024

Day 1 at the Rutland Beer Festival. Great to see Baker's Dozen Brewing Co. & sample their Statuesque & Phantasmogoria. Also enjoyed their educational display on the various ingredients.
Tomorrow the plan is a Brewers Q&A, podcast & ciders 😀

18/06/2024

18/06/2024

Pub Natter episode 16 is available to listen directly from the webpage (below) or most major podcast apps. Recorded at The Railway Inn, it features Henry Winter, football writer of the year. This one is in three parts and in part three, over a few ales, we discuss Hillsborough, Twitter, 'The Dentist Chair', gay footballers, the Euro's and living in Rutland. Enjoy. Here 's a link to the webpage: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/

12/06/2024

We are pleased to announce that Pub Natter will be involved in the 10th Rutland CAMRA Beer Festival at The County Museum in Oakham 21-23 June.
Tim will be hosting a Brewers Q&A and recording a podcast on the Saturday. Stay tuned for timings of the Live Q&A. Here's a link:

The web site for the Rutland branch of the Campaign for Real Ale

07/06/2024

Pub Natter 16 is available to listen directly from the webpage (below) or most major podcast apps. Recorded at The Railway Inn, it features Henry Winter, football writer of the year. This one is in three parts and in part two, over a few ales, we discuss charity work, unsung heroes, pressroom dynamics, sports writing, looking back and football in Ukraine. Enjoy. Here 's a link to the webpage: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/

30/05/2024

Pub Natter 15 is available to listen directly from the webpage (below) or most major podcast apps. Recorded at The Railway Inn, it features Henry Winter, football writer of the year. This one is in three parts and in part one, over a few ales, we discuss the pub, Sven, England, Luton Town, QPR, Leicester City, interviewing footballers, trust in journalists and sport in schools. Enjoy. Here 's a link to the webpage: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/

17/05/2024

Certainly recommend Baker's Dozen Brewing Co.

04/05/2024

Get yourself down to Oakham Farmer’s Market to sample some award winning ale from Baker's Dozen Brewing Co.

04/05/2024

We make our triumphant return to Oakham Art & Craft Market in Gaol Street today!

Come on down for a taster of our canned & bottled beers, and of course pick a couple up to take home for the bank holiday weekend 🍻

Here until 2pm ☀️

22/04/2024

Pub Natter Episode 14, is available to listen to directly from the webpage (link below) or any of your favourite podcast apps. Please also follow us on Instagram at pubnatter.
This episode was recently recorded at The Railway Inn, Ketton, Rutland. We have a catch-up with the multi-award winning Landlord, Jamie Betts
Photo of Jamie and Linda behind their bar.
https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/

12/04/2024

Pub Natter Episode 13, is available to listen to directly from the webpage (link below) or any of your favourite podcast apps. Please also follow us on Instagram at pubnatter.
This episode was recently recorded at The Wheatsheaf, Oakham, Rutland. We chat with the multi-talented Tracey Dene Powell, who is is a songwriter, scriptwriter, poet, blogger, podcaster, author and radio-presenter.
Photo of Tim, Tracey, Justin and Dan, from episode 12.
https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/

08/04/2024

Pub Natter Episode 12, is available to listen to directly from this webpage (link below) or any of your favourite podcast apps. Please follow us on Instagram at pubnatter. This episode was recently recorded at The Wheatsheaf, Oakham, Rutland. We chat with the Landlord, Dan Lacey about his pub with a short potted history from Justin. Tracey Dene Powell, who is also in the photo is our guest for part 2.
https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/

21/03/2024

Our latest podcast is now available. It features Peter Atkinson from the The Grainstore Brewery Tap in Oakham, Rutland.
We chat about beer, food, music and the history of the pub.
It is available to listen on all major podcast platforms or direct from the webpage here: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/
Please listen, comment and share.

Photo of Peter, Justin and Tim.

15/03/2024

Big Congratulations to Jamie Betts from The Railway Inn and Dan Lacey from The Wheatsheaf. You can listen to our chat with Jamie which was episode one. We have recently recorded an episode with Dan which will be out at the end of this month and next week will have a catch-up with Jamie to help him celebrate. That episode will be released in April. Beers on him... :-)

13/03/2024

Thoughts on the proposed Rutland Wildlife Park?
Plans & discussion today in Victoria Hall, Oakham until 7pm.

10/03/2024

Our latest podcast is now available. It features Dean Baker from the award winning https://www.bakersdozenbrewing.co.uk/ in Ketton, Rutland.
We chat all things brewing and beer.
It is available to listen on all major podcast platforms or direct from the webpage here: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/
Please listen, comment and share.

Photo of Dean and Jill winning another award...

29/02/2024

Our next Pub Natter, which will be released next week, is the first not to be recorded in a pub. This one was recorded in a brewery!
We chat with Dean Baker from Bakers Dozen Brewery in Ketton, Rutland about brewing beer & his journey from publican to national award winning brewer: https://www.bakersdozenbrewing.co.uk

24/02/2024

Pub Natter Episode 9, is available to listen to directly from this webpage: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/ or any of your favourite podcast apps including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube and Podbean.
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This episode was recently recorded at The George Inn Oakham, Rutland. Justin presents a brief 'horrible history' of Oakham Market Place and we chat with Andrew Brown, JP, Chair of Rutland County Council
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Photo of Andrew Brown, JP.

21/02/2024

Worth a listen 🤔

Two friends who like a natter and a pint have launched a podcast to help promote a county’s pubs and give a voice to its interesting residents.

20/02/2024

Thanks Oakham Nub News for the shout-out.

Oakham residents Tim Ives and Justin Perry have launched a new free podcast called Pub Natter, featuring local pubs and people.

17/02/2024

Pub Natter Episode 8, is available to listen to directly from this webpage: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/ or any of your favourite podcast apps including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube and Podbean.
Please follow us on Instagram at pubnatter.
This episode was recently recorded at The George Inn Oakham, Rutland. We chat with the owner, Ryck Turner about his big plans for the future of the Hotel.
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Photo of Ryck, Tim & Justin at The George Inn Oakham

13/02/2024

We can reveal that the next Pub Natter will be released this coming Saturday and features Ryck Turner, the new owner of the George Inn, (formerly the Whipper Inn) Oakham Market Place, Rutland. If you want to know about his plans for the George Inn (and his recent acquisitions in the market place) over the coming months and years, then you definitely don't want to miss this.
The George Inn Oakham

03/02/2024

Pub Natter Episode 7, is available to listen to directly from this webpage: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/ or any of your favourite podcast apps including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube and Podbean.
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This episode was recently recorded at The Olive Branch Clipsham, Rutland. We chat with Alicia Kearns, Member of Parliament for Melton & Rutland.
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Photo of Alicia, Tim & Justin at The Olive Branch Clipsham

30/01/2024

We can reveal that our next special guest on our podcast will be Alicia Kearns MP. It will be released this Saturday, the 3rd February. It was recorded recently at the Olive Branch Clipsham and is a not-to-be-missed episode.

27/01/2024

Pub Natter Episode 6, is available to listen to directly from this webpage: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter or any of your favourite podcast apps including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube and Podbean.
Please follow us on Instagram at pubnatter.
This episode was recently recorded at The Olive Branch in Clipsham, Rutland. We chat with Ben Jones, the co-owner about how he transformed a dilapidated building into only the second pub in the UK to be awarded a Michelin Star.

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Photo of Ben at The Olive Branch Clipsham

23/01/2024

As we had two such amazing guests, our next Pub Natter is in two parts. We simply couldn't edit it, to fit into one episode!
Part 1 will be released on Saturday 27th January and part 2 on the 4th February. Both episodes were recently recorded during the same day at the award winning https://www.theolivebranchpub.com/ in Clipsham, Rutland. https://www.facebook.com/olivebranchclipsham
Part 1 features the co-owner Ben Jones and we discuss how he turned a dilapidated building into the Olive Branch as it is today, which became only the second pub in UK to be awarded a Michelin Star.
In part 2 we have an extremely special guest. We will reveal their identity next week.

Award Winning Village Pub and Inn. Good Hotel Guide Best Hotel in the Midland 2024. The Times Colsy Pubs ofr Autumn. Daily Mail Inspector Calls 5 stars. GQ Best Bristish Pub 2022. Good Pub Guide UK Pub of the Year 2021. County Pub of the Year 2020, Good Hotel Guide Pub with Rooms Award 2019, Sawdays...

19/01/2024

The latest episode of Pub Natter is now available on all major podcast platforms (Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, YouTube) or direct from the webpage: https://timothyives.com/pubnatter/.
Recorded at the Noel, Whitwell and featuring the new Landlady, Karen MacGregor and special guest Joe Davis, Head of Reserve Management at Leicester & Rutland Wildlife Trust. https://www.facebook.com/Leicswildlife
We discuss his discovery of the 'Rutland Sea Dragon' and biodiversity.
Photo of Joe in the pub with a replica of the vertebrae from the ichthyosaur.
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