Weird' toe wrestling event returns

New toe wrestling champions have been crowned this weekend after the unusual competition was held in Derbyshire.

The World Toe Wrestling Championships, which is like arm wrestling but with feet, was held at Bentley Brook Inn, Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire.

Alan "Nasty" Nash won the men's competition for the 14th time and Rebecca Beech won the women's title.

The championships were created in the 1970s.-read more

The weird and wonderful world of pub games

As long as there were pubs and inns there were always games," says historian and 'doctor of darts' Patrick Chaplin. While his PhD is in the social history of that pursuit, the world of pub pastimes is far from restricted to the dartboard or the pool table. Anyone for a spot of dwile flonking or a game of devil among the tailors?read more