A story of Humphrey Smith

This article was in my reading list. I read it three weeks ago, but I had to check the words.
I knew he's eccentric but he is more terrible than I thought. But I love the beer.

Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/dec/19/humphreys-world-how-the-samuel-smith-beer-baron-built-britains-strangest-pub-chain

moulder
idyllic
stupendously < stupendous
rheumy - rheumy eyes
shambles (singular noun)
bat something/someone away [Cambridge]to refuse to deal with someone or with something such as a question, criticism, or request
get past someone [Cambridge]to not be noticed or realized by someone
stumble
all of a sudden
tantrum [quote]He threw a tantrum
put on an act [Cambridge]to behave or speak in a false or artificial way:
locksmith
lodge
tribunal
bereavement
singlehandedly < singlehanded/single-handed
avidly < avid
accrue
glean
rowdies (plural noun) < rowdy
publican
longing
synecdoche
feudalism
cooper
drayman < dray
futile
patrons
omertà / omerta
litigious
to shed light on something
parsimonious
trait
stately
threadbare
grandeur
pergola
croquet lawn
espouse
not without [Cambridge](formal) He's not without (= he does have some) good qualities.
acquaintance - remember!
ebullient
revered < revere
evident - remember!
decaying < decay
single-minded
binge - go on a binge
bucolic
resplendent
gin palace
haunt
rechristen
metaphysical < metaphysics
fete
bridleway / bridle path
derelict
ransack
tied pub / tied house
incredulity
nave - nave of a church
for all
tuck
boozy
forthright
rot
diktat
overhear - remember!
tyrannical
convening < convene
tribunal
tip the balance/scales [quote]the scales are always tipped in its favour
in receipt of
divulge
capitulate
connive
sentinel
dereliction
boarded-up
dot
virtually
planning [Collins]Planning is control by the local government of the way that land is used in an area and of what new buildings are built there.
planning barrister planning authority
retainer
quixotic
vicarage < vicar
wage (verb)
multi-front war
inspectorate
quarry - quarrymen's quarry
grave
equestrian
pyrrhic [Cambridge]relating to a victory that is not worth winning because the winner has lost so much in winning it
bleed [quote]had bled the couple’s finances dry
at someone's disposal [Cambridge](B2)available to be used by someone
capricious
abate
reinstatement
reminiscent
dog (verb)
green belt
toy with
outlay
militantly < militant
someone can go hang
statutory
dismal

Tadcaster
The Moon Under Water
Synecdoche, New York
Gazette Live = Teesside Live < Teesside Gazette
Mishcon de Reya
All About Beer
Princess Louise
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Shepherd Neame

Joe Lycett in Tadcaster - Channel4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oDZB-ZyvTE

The reason why I read the long article because I was very upset of the closure of my favourite pub.
Beloved historic Edinburgh village pub forced to close just days before Christmas
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/beloved-historic-edinburgh-village-pub-30630937

It had closed once for long but reopened. I hope it will reopen someday. I miss it so much.