‘He’s hilarious’: Jeremy Clarkson fans flock to opening of Oxfordshire pub

Jeremy Clarkson said every item served at the Farmer’s Dog was British, except the quinine in the tonic water. Photograph: Tom Pilston/The Guardian

Still reeling from the Covid fallout and high energy costs, barely a week passes without another pub announcing with regret its closure.

Bucking the trend, off the A40 in Oxfordshire between Burford and Witney, hundreds of punters were queueing outside the Farmer’s Dog for an opening day that would be the envy of publicans across the country.