The Journal
Notes from
The Bull.
What we are cooking, where we are walking, what is on at the pub, and the occasional story from the four-hundred-year-old building. Updated when there is something worth saying.
Latest · Stays · 30 July 2026
5 Vineyards to Visit in East Sussex this Summer
The Sussex countryside, with its chalky downs, south-facing slopes and microclimate, makes it one of the finest wine-growing regions in the world, which has even been compared to northern France.
By Sally
Inside The Bull · 19 May 2026
The Country Pub pie
The evolution of the pie throughout the years within the pub kitchen is something of art.
Inside The Bull · 22 April 2026
Inside the renovation: keeping four hundred years of stories
Every beam stayed. Every fireplace stayed. Almost everything else was rebuilt.
Newick · 2 April 2026
A perfect weekend in Newick (without leaving the village)
Two days, a pair of walking boots, and a small willingness to eat your bodyweight in roast potatoes.
Kitchen · 14 March 2026
Why we changed the menu in March
The kitchen calendar runs eight weeks behind the season. Here is what is on now, what is coming, and what we have already said goodbye to.