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SUMMARY:Why Pubs Matter
LOCATION:Conway Hall
DESCRIPTION:Pubs are an essential part of British culture in all its forms 
 - there are rock and goth pubs\, student pubs\, gay pubs\, Irish pubs\, Ca
 ribbean pubs\, vegan pubs and desi pubs. Pubs can be music venues\, theatr
 es\, art galleries\, lecture spaces and community hubs. But they are endan
 gered by rising beer prices\, tax and business costs. This and the competi
 tion from huge chains means that pubs are closing in the UK as just under 
 two a day.\n\nJoin sociologist **Amit Singh** and pub artist **Lydia Wood*
 * as they discuss the need to recognise the importance of our pubs and wha
 t we can do to preserve them.\n\n**Amit Singh** is a sociologist at Univer
 sity College London. He is the author of *Cancelled Futures: Class\, Race
 \, and Place in Post-Industrial Britain*. He would\, in another life\, hav
 e been a fourth-generation publican. His father was the founder of London
 ’s first Desi pub. His book\, with Sivamohan Valluvan\, *Pubs for the Pe
 ople: The Fight for the Pint and the Natio*n is out in October 2026.\n\n**
 Lydia Wood** is a pencil artist who is currently on a mission to draw ever
 y single pub in London. She shares her drawing process and pub adventures 
 across her social media channels and the project has been featured in a nu
 mber of news outlets including the BBC\, The Times and the New York Times.
  Her book\, *Locals: An Illustrated Ode to London’s Pubs*\, is published
  by Sceptre. Both books will be available on the night.\n\nBoletos: https:
 //dice.fm/event/avxogx-why-pubs-matter-18th-nov-conway-hall-london-tickets
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