Urban Guild Blog

Now let me tell you a little story about Urban Guild’s journey in the run up to Christmas... Once upon a time in the land of Bournemouth, a team of wonderful humans set about to bring joy, through their love of curating a range of gifts.

You may think it’s too early to be getting ready for Christmas but it’s really rather close now... five Fridays to be exact (not that we’re counting). Whether you’re a bah-humbug or not, we’re sure we can get you into the festive spirit.

In 1840 Bournemouth began to develop the land which is what we now  know as Bournemouth Gardens, and thanks to Mr Tree (that really was his name) in 1871 the Lower Pleasure Gardens were designed with new walks, plantations and flowerbeds.

We’re halfway through British Food Fortnight, so we thought we’d take a minute to celebrate a British favourite; cheese. And more specifically, celebrate some of the people who do it right, like our friends at Open Air Dairy, based in Little Bredy, Dorset. 

On this week’s Human’s of Hospitality podcast, Urban’s main man Mark Cribb spoke to Jason Barber of Black Cow Vodka, home of the World’s smooooooo-thest vodka - I’ve tried it, they’re not messing around.

Beers with a backstory. Which smuggler will you side with?