Tag: Puritanism

Today's puritanical gloom feels reminiscent of the dreary days of Cromwell, sighs a bored Joanna Gray. But like Charles II, we too will one day toss aside our scolds and party like it's 1660!

For the Lockdown panjandrums on SAGE, this Hogarthian image is what they think the average beer garden looks like on a Saturday afternoon. The war on pubs is a war being waged by puritans against joy, says Sean Walsh.