Michael Parkinson, TV chat show king turned pub owner, tells Nick Yates how he is finding the pub trade You wouldn’t necessarily know you were in Michael Parkinson’s pub. The Royal Oak, in Paley Street, Berkshire, contains not a single signed photo of Billy Connolly chuckling. There’s no stuffed Emu, nor clip of Ricky Hatton sparring. Not even a portrait-sized picture of the man himself in his side-burned 1970s pomp adorns its walls. Nevertheless, sitting down for a chat about pubs with the chat show king in its smart interior, he is proud to call the Royal Oak his. “Sir Michael”, “Parky”, “award-winning broadcaster and journalist”, stumped up the cash along with son Nick for the Fuller’s tenancy eight years ago. A few miles from culinary capital Bray, it faced tough competition. It is now a ‘Bib Gourmand’ entry in the...
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