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Every week you are our guest in a different old English pub in and around Rutland, UK, where we meet the landlord, chat with interesting folk, and grapple with different topics. Sometimes it’s serious, sometimes it’s funny, sometimes we get sidetracked. So, who would want to listen to us? People who like old English pubs, bar conversations, and anyone who loves the quirkiness of what it is to be ’British’.
Episodes
Jul 27, 2025
Jul 27, 2025
27 min
We meet a psychic, question reality and possibly summon a ghost... or it might just be Dave from down the bar. Either way, we're back for more!
Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025
31 min
We’ve got a psychic in the snug. Will they read our minds… or just read our bar tab?
May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
43 min
Lots of chat about ale, cider and food and the how's and why's of a beer festival.
Apr 25, 2025
Apr 25, 2025
53 min
A chat with Russ and Paul over a few great ales about Canals and saving England's heritage.
Apr 14, 2025
Apr 14, 2025
36 min
A light hearted chat with Russ Hibbitt, the bar manager and Paul Dadford, project manager of the Oakham Canal Green Corridor Project.
Mar 21, 2025
Mar 21, 2025
53 min
We continue our chat with Lammie from The Vaults and Tim Sexton, Entomologist and Senior Species Recording Officer for the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025
43 min
We are hosted by Lammie in The Vaults, Uppingham, Rutland, and our special guest is an entomologist, Tim Sexton who is the senior species recording officer for the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.
Mar 4, 2025
Mar 4, 2025
48 min
A Pub Natter special, where we are hosted by Leigh Burrows in Oakham Castle and chat with Alicia Kearns MP about saving Rutland!
The George Inn Part One with Ryck Turner
This episode was recently recorded at The George Inn, Oakham Market Place, Rutland. We chat with the owner Ryck Turner about his big plans for the future of the Hotel.
Further links via Pub Natter Webpage
The Olive Branch Part 2 with Alicia Kearns MP.
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.
Further links via Pub Natter Webpage
The Olive Branch Part 1 with Ben Jones
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.
The Noel, Whitwell and Biodiversity
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'!
Photo of Joe after discovering the 'Rutland Sea Dragon'!
Photos and links via the Pub Natter webpage
Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs Part Three.
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 (pictured left) who together started the Rutland Branch of the AFVBC and a regular attender, Helen Cullinan from LOROS.
Links to everything mentioned in this episode to support veterans on this Webpage
Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs Part Two.
This is part two of our three part 'not-to-be-missed' 2023 Christmas Special featuring the Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs (AFBC). 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, pictured on right.
Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs Part One.
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 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!
The Railway Inn
In our first episode, we visit The Railway Inn, Ketton, and have a natter with the Landlord and owner, Jamie Betts. We then natter with Rich Harris, the Chairman of Rutland CAMRA about how they campaign for the rights of pubs, beer, and cider drinkers.
When Rain Stops Play, It's Time for Some Pub Natter
We both moved to Rutland about 20+ years ago but our careers kept us away from home so we don’t know as much about the County as we should. So, we thought, now that were getting old and slowing down, how can we meet interesting folk and learn as much about Rutland as possible?
The answer is to host a podcast. Welcome to Pub Natter where we get an excuse to visit a different pub every week or so, whilst letting interesting (mostly local) people tell their stories and at the same time, promoting the ales and the pubs.
In Rutland we have plenty of old and interesting pubs choose from, so this 'project' could take some time....
Please visit the website for further info and photos of each episode: Pub Natter