Tag Archives: food and drink

Local heroes

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There’s no doubt that south shropshire is an area of great beauty, bringing tourists from far and wide. It is also bringing opportunities for local producers, thanks to a major regional initiative. Neil Thomas reports

Cross purpose

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Neil Thomas gets round to dining at The Royal Oak in Welshpool — and rather wishes he’d visited earlier.

Cut from cloth of gold

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Neil Thomas enjoys some thoroughly modern cooking in the thoroughly unmodern surroundings of Drapers’ Hall in Shrewsbury

When in Rome . . .

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Neil Thomas takes an early measure of a new venue in the county town