The Wonston Arms, in the little Hampshire hamlet of Wonston has been a public house since way back in the 1800s. It’s not been a foody restaurant gastropub venue, just a simple public house for locals and visitors to pop in and have a rest and chat about village life.

As happened with all too many pubs in recent times over the recession of 2008/2009 it never recovered. It became a casualty and closed. In early 2015, local village resident Matt Todd bought the closed pub and began on a journey to reopen it and… read more