Cigar Buyer section City Watch
South by South West
We look at this remote corner of the United Kingdom which boasts some excellent cigar emporiums in very fine settings
Famed for its rugged coastlines, quaint bed and breakfast hotels and of course clotted cream, the South West peninsula of England does not often spring to mind as a Mecca for cigars lovers. However hidden away are three locations where the cigar aficionado can find a haven and relax. Our first por...
By Rob Allanson from Issue 12 published on 12/09/2007
The university towns
We have a look at England’s two great academic centres and their cigar havens
In this edition we delve into the medieval delights of England’s two world famous university cities, Oxford and Cambridge. Cigars are associated with many things, boom times as well as academia, and both cities have seen a rise in wealth associated with new technology companies and the arts. Let’s...
By Rob Allanson from Issue 11 published on 11/05/2007
Rumble in the Ramblas
Dominic Roskrow seeks out the Catalan capital’s cigar havens
Barcelona in North Eastern Spain is a bastion of independence. It was the last city to surrender to Franco. It’s a great place for cigar smokers to hang out. Madrid may be the cool capital of Spain, home of movers and shakers, Galacticos and high fashion. But the country’s coolest, most stylish an...
By Dominic Roskrow from Issue 10 published on 22/11/2006
Western ho!
In search of quality cigar outlets in the Bath and Bristol area
This edition we delve into the West Country, taking in Bristol, the gateway of the West and Bath, the jewel in the crown of the region. Cigars are often associated with boom times and both cities have seen rises in wealth associated with industry and the arts. Let’s take Bath first, a major touris...
By Dominic Roskrow from Issue 9 published on 18/09/2006
Gold in them there hills
North Yorkshire is proving that it doesn’t have to be grim up North. Ian Buxton reports
While the far north-east of England (Tyneside, in particular) was battered by economic recession and the decline of heavy manufacturing industry in the 1980s its neighbours to the south were more fortunate. Though Bradford and Leeds were hit by the decline of the woollen industry and the great mill...
By Ian Buxton from Issue 7 published on 10/02/2006
Second city to none
Birmingham has reinvented itself from the great industrial years of old – and is all the better for it. Ian Buxton reports
Birmingham, apparently, means home (ham) of the people (ing) of the tribal leader Birm or Beorma. Remember that. You can probably win money with that kind of trivia information. Of course, the city really got into its stride with the Industrial Revolution. According to Birmingham City Council’s we...
By Ian Buxton from Issue 6 published on 11/11/2005
Northern lights
Ian Buxton looks at the cigar business in Manchester
Think of Manchester and what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Coronation Street, perhaps, or scenes of industrial decay? Well, Manchester United may have been in the headlines recently and L S Lowry may have painted those flat caps and terraced houses, but awardwinning architecture and designe...
By Ian Buxton from Issue 5 published on 15/09/2005
Alloutside for summer
Edinburgh is booming and despite the impending smoking ban, so is its cigar industry. Ian Buxton reports on how the hedonists remain defiant
Edinburgh is generally rated one of the best places to live in the United Kingdom, scoring high in ‘quality of life’ polls for its mix of architecture, history, modern amenities and cultural facilities. Add this to the burgeoning growth in the Scottish public sector based around the new Scottish Pa...
By Ian Buxton from Issue 4 published on 10/05/2005
Liverpool prospering once again
Liverpool is to be the Capital of Culture in 2008, and already it’s benefiting. Anwer Bati looks at how the cigar market is doing there
Money is pouring in to Liverpool, now that it’s Capital of Culture 2008” says Mick Orchant, owner of Turmeaus, the city’s only specialist cigar stockist. But it isn’t, of course, the first time the place has prospered – which is why Turmeaus, founded in 1817 by a Frenchman, is the second oldest ciga...
By Dominic Roskrow from Issue 3 published on 01/05/2005
Leeds leads the way
In the latest of our city profiles Anwer Bati reports on the thriving northern English city of Leeds, which has shaken off its industrial past and is now an affluent financial centre
Leeds is booming. It is one of Britain’s most important financial and business centres. It has also become chic: Harvey Nichols, after all, opened their first store outside London in the city in 1996. And that combination of bustling business and blooming fashion is good for cigars sales. Harvey Ni...
By Anwer Bati from Issue 2 published on 01/11/2004
London’s calling
Each issue we’ll look at a major city’s best cigar bars. In this issue Anwer Bati looks at a selection of London’s finest hotels
Business in cigar bars, it seems, is booming. Just take a quick snapshot from some of the more famous ones. Yvonne Collins of Claridge’s Fumoir: “It gets very busy. Some nights we have to turn people away, because it’s too full.” But it isn’t enough just having a bar in which you sell cigars. As so ...
By Damian Riley-Smith from Issue 1 published on 01/06/2004
