CITYAM.COM WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST 2026 | OPINION | 13 WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VIEWS E: opinion@cityam.com COMMENT AT: cityam.com/opinion LETTERS Pubs are about more than just drinking Andy Burnham’s announcement of a business rate cut recognises that pubs are more than places to have a drink. They are, as we say in our touring musical The Choir of Man, “a people’s front room”: places to gather and sit, share dreams, lick wounds, recharge, laugh, sing and simply be together.
