The Beast pointed out the following to me today from the Prufrock column in the Sunday Times (he's much better read and informed than me) -

Sunday Times online Prufrock article

HUMPHREY SMITH, boss of Tadcaster brewer Samuel Smith, seems determined to move his business and the Yorkshire town he dominates back to the 19th century.

His licensees are up in arms over his decision to remove all music and televisions from his pubs. Trade was down over Christmas because those who wanted to watch football or enjoy parties with music went elsewhere.

Smith, 60, is also a big residential landlord in Tadcaster but not many of his tenants will want to cause a fuss. They are just grateful to have passed the Humphrey test. All couples must be married and no singles can live together.

Indeed, there are several empty homes that cannot be filled because nobody can meet the entrance test set by Smith, who is rumoured but not yet proven to be one of Yorkshire's richest men.