The stereotype of work-shy university students swerving lectures to sink pints is almost as old as time. But one Kent 18-year-old quit a politics degree not to spend his days in a wall-eyed stupor at the pub – but to run the place. Hugo Willett could now be Kent’s youngest publican after bravely taking over the reins at The Bowl Inn, a thriving 1740s traditional tavern in Hastingleigh, near Ashford. Speaking from behind the bar this week, the softly-spoken and articulate teenager revealed his vision and laid bare his understandable anxieties. Hugo’s takeover comes as swathes of restaurants and…
