The writer Emily Hill is reminiscing about happy times at The Rose pub near Snowsfields in south London 10 years ago. The steady decline of the pub industry in the UK coincides with another much-documented downturn: that in sex. “The thing is, what the decline in sex is to do with is, we’re just really scared to get hurt,” says Hill. “There’s something about the way people interact in pubs, you’re getting more of those signals that people give out – about whether they’re interested, whether they’re trustworthy. That is my social life, basically,” says Hill) – “but men really, really, really like them”.

Source: The Guardian November 28, 2018 06:00 UTC