By Henry Callow There are many places in modern life that claim to offer relaxation: yoga studios with curated calm, spas scented within an inch of their lives, cafés where the music is chosen to sound like nobody has a pulse. Yet somehow, despite all the deliberate tranquillity on offer, it’s the pub — noisy, lived-in, unpredictable — that remains one of the great refuges for people who genuinely want to unwind. At first glance, it shouldn’t make sense. Pubs are social, room