Proper secure bike lockers in Worcester. About bloody time! More of these, please. www.worcester.gov.uk/news/bike-lo...

Every good pub…. 40 miler 🚴🏻 “quick couple of pints” So inevitably 4 pints of Hobsons Town Crier

On this day in 1978, culminating in Victoria Park, London, was the Anti-Nazi League March and Rock Against Racism concert. #TRB #SteelPulse #XraySpex and #TheClash were amongst those that played. ✊️ Estimated crowd: 100k.

The story of The Burton Union would be very different without the loving interference of some key figures in the beer world. Now @thornbridge.bsky.social are using theirs to make some of the best beer in the country. @totalcurtis.bsky.social heads to Bakewell. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Complete. Finn says, “Thanks so much to everyone who donated” Blown away by people’s generosity @aorticdissectct.bsky.social

Beautiful morning in London, good luck to everyone running the Marathon. May the spring be in your trainers and the wind behind you.

Gladstone Arms for a quick pint of Anspach and Hobdays Hop picker and a pint of Pollys

Somehow found ourselves in the Southampton Arms 😎 Been a while

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular digest of the best writing about beer and pubs from the past week, with everything from train departure boards to fresh Orval. 🍻 boakandbailey.com/2026/04/news...

www.justgiving.com/page/finn-be.... Giving this one last push in case anyone else is able to support my youngest son as he drags his beer filled legs around the London Marathon. Finn is raising funds for Aortic Dissection Trust 👍

Crown and Anchor in Brixton, some amateurs queuing in a line and getting pissy at bar staff because everyone else isn’t conforming 🤷‍♂️ Mixing it about with Lune Origin Siren Soundwave Rothaus Pilsner Food here is 👌

Wild Swan 😎

looking forward to heading off for a long weekend in London to watch the youngest drag his beer filled legs round the marathon. My first beer of the week….

Many rural communities want traffic‑free paths, but too many are stuck trying to deliver them...That’s why @lauralaker.bsky.social created the Rural Path Campaigner Toolkit, with real advice from communities who’ve made greenways happen. Toolkit in comments 👇

A really easy process. Took me about half a minute. Everyone in the UK please consider doing this.

It’s been a slow start to the year on the bike, so today was my first 100k for ages. Wind made it a bit of a plod at times, but good to start building the mileage. Coffee at a very busy Ice Cream Farm at Haughton.

Active travel: health, mental health, financial health, cost of living... Active travel is a social justice issue. We can't wait for governments to make changes... it may feel scary at first, but the benefit of active travel far outweighs the risk... youtu.be/vDhGHPHCgqI

GOOD MORNING! Here's our latest round up of news, nuggets and longreads, with notes on the Cumbrian beer scene, on a pub in a shopping centre beneath a flyover, and on how licensing laws were historically exploited to exclude women from brewing and pubs. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/04/news...

Released on this day in 1980: Seventeen Seconds (album) #TheCure youtu.be/xik-y0xlpZ0?si…

We had a number of Patreon subscribers overnight which takes us up to 621 total paid Patreon supporters. Amazing! Our goal is to reach 1000 supporters by the end of 2026. Help us get there! www.patreon.com/pelliclemag?...

Thank you to @thornbridge.bsky.social who have just become our latest pro-Patreon supporters and thus began their weekend championing independent food and drink writing! Join them here: www.patreon.com/pelliclemag?...

When Hawkshead Brewery shed most of its team and closed its tap room, I thought beer in Cumbria would suffer. I needn't have worried. My latest story for @pelliclemag.com is about the breweries and all the people and pubs that make up this county. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Don't. Make. Me. Tap. The. Sign. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2022/8/...

Imagine presiding over this and just shrugging again and again and again, while also knowing full well that other cities are getting to work on reallocating road space from cars to other modes of mobility so that all residents can get around in safety and dignity.

I've made this handy table of all the #ParisRoubaix pavés.

"The distant echo..."

The big T Talusker Tennents

Tell me you’re in Airdrie, without telling me you’re in Airdrie

🧵 On Birmingham's historic Station Street is the nearly 120 year-old Electric Cinema. Film enthusiasts know it very well. Others might not. But beyond film fans, the Electric could become very significant for Brum at large. At least, that's the bet of Ian Francis.

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of news, nuggets and longreads, with everything from industry gossip to a very weighty piece about farmhouse yeast genetics. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/04/news...

With three new rail stations on the Camp Hill line and two tram stops on the Eastside extension open in the last few days, we're taking the opportunity to ask for more stops please!

Bruce and the band opened the Springsteen & E Street Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis with the Motown classic "War" and "Born in the U.S.A." — a one-two punch that was live streamed on Bruce's social media for the first time, appearing here with a new audio mix by Chiller Sound.

Someone has built a little stand in their garden!

GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest edition of our weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, including evidence that we're being haunted by the ghost of BrewDog. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2026/04/news...

Thornbridge’s London pub, The Wild Swan, is finally opening on Fetter Lane in London today. A very Good Friday.

Just been informed that Thornbridge's new London pub, the White Swan in Fetter Lane, opens at noon tomorrow. Guess I know where I'll be going on my way home from tomorrow's match. @beerguidelondon.bsky.social

Listening. Start to finish, like I used to before streaming raddled the attention span. What a fucking magnificent album this still is.

Visited #Wolverhampton Art Gallery. What a gem! A great Grayson Perry tapestry, bold portraits by Joy Labinjo, the largest collection of Pop Art outside of London & much more. Well worth a visit. #WolvesArt www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/visit/wolves/

This should have been the response by every local authority across the country as soon as this fascist performative nonsense started last year. It should never have been tolerated.

🍻 BORN IN AN ATTIC. BUILT ON BRUM 🍻 It all comes back to people. In the final part of our film, founders Sam and Oli reflect on what really makes Attic…Attic.

Last tiresome push for votes. I need another 30 or so to really be back in the running. No sign in, just click to vote - thank you!

Early 🚴 start to deal with the wind. Knocking on the door of the pub

Saturday Spelt Sourdough

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of good writing about beer and pubs with notes on the popularity of Bass, a very special barley wine, and the ever-controversial topic of kids in pubs. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2026/03/news...

On my newsletter: part 2 of my spring cookbook roundup with even more books: Southern Food! Regional Italian cookies! Lebanese food! Intertribal Indigenous food culture! A Malaysian cookbook! Mediterranean recipes! tales-from-topographic-kitchens.ghost.io/spring-list-...

Bbc News just showed some NI fans in Italy holding up a flag reading "Ye Can Shove Yer Ferraris Up Yer Hole"

Pre-empting tomorrows dodgy forecast with a solo 40 miler. Deceptively cold and windy.

If - like me - you missed that Batham's are brewing AF then this is urgent reading. Worth RTing and following Ben! soberboozersclub.substack.com/p/when-batha...

GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest round-up of news, nuggets and longreads, with a vague them of nostalgia for 2016 which (we've checked the maths) is apparently a decade ago. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/03/news...