My first green hop beer of the season at @clarkshaws.bsky.social - and very nice it was too 💚 Will have to return for the original South London postcoded S1!

Call the fire brigade.

What they're saying about our new book, Deserter Stories, out on Nov 4th. Last chance to pre-order today for the discounted price of £8.99! 👉 deserter.store

Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered a copy of Deserter Stories. It's a big help. If you'd like to do the same, you can do so here: deserter.store Or read some more about it first here: deserter.co.uk/2025/09/dese...

FAO @vincerai.bsky.social!

Gone Shirkin’

On way.

One last afternoon in the park, probably. And look! I can see my chair from the lavs 😀

Nice. Thanks, @londonist.com Not long now and you can pre-order now at deserter.store, which would be a big help!

Artificial Intelligence I have not come across anything so utterly awesome and so monumentally shit *at the same time* since Tottenham took on Chelsea in that game, Nov 2023

Scenes from SXSE. A joy from start to finish (which was about 8.30 for me 😀)

Pubs, drugs, guns, alcoholism, death, time travel, prostitution, mental illness and knob gags - so something for everyone. Please pre-order the new book now! deserter.co.uk/2025/09/dese...

Today is the day - Bandcamp Friday

The writing's completed 😮 The MS is with the typesetter 📖 The cover is being designed 👩‍🎨 Time to unveil pre-orders for our new book, Deserter Stories! Read all about it here: deserter.co.uk/2025/09/dese...

One of the maddest days of my life. My day with Big Ron. Now on Deserter Substack deserterblog.substack.com/p/my-day-wit...

This Friday, Sept 5th, is Bandcamp Friday, when artists get to keep a greater share of proceeds from sales. A good time to dip into my catalogue if you're interested in purchasing my music. All the singles and EPs, plus the I Invented Chillout LP 😎 Thank you! andrewgrumbridge.bandcamp.com

On way

Lining up for Cask Wednesday… • Sonoma - the exquisite pale from @trackbrewingco.bsky.social • @ironpierbeer.bsky.social’s Joined at the Hop (this version with a Cardinal & Ernest hop pairing) • And last chance to sample @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social Masterpiece All £4 a pint! #caskwednesday

Sometimes you just have to knock dry Mondays on the head.

Absolute belter of a golden from Bowman, Hants. Makes it a pleasure to come to the office.

Book Corner in @deserterblog.bsky.social Pubcast this month features The Longest Crawl, inspired by G.K. Chesterton’s idea that the journey to and from the pub is central to British life. deserter.co.uk/2025/08/pubc...

A great week to be a cask lover at the Shirker's... £4 Cask Weds beers include @elusivebrewing.com's Experiments in Yeast #2, a collab with @unbarredbrewery.bsky.social Plus a chance for an early taste of @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social’s Mumford Mild, brewed to honour BB co-founder Geoff Mumford.

Upstairs at the EDT now a very pleasant place to watch the football.

Tongue lolling action from Mabel.

Hello from the other side of the wall where I’ve been given ice with my beer.

Bedlam in the local Spoons as both the app and the card machine are down and if you have no cash, drinks are being given away on a promise. I estimate everyone in the garden owes at least £3.01. This is my Salopian Citrus Pale. #bestofbritain

As an Arsenal follower, it’s going to be tough having this relatable, erudite man managing our rivals. Loved Ange last year, too, tbh.

Chips bravas? 100% yes. In Spain the patatas are too small. In the UK tomato ketchup is too sugary. on.ft.com/45V5QKf

Ghost chilli is apparently so-named because the heat creeps up on you, and not because it tastes like sheet. Thank you. Goodnight.

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Just when you thought you couldn’t love HH any more. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The wonderful New World Symphony at the Proms tonight, available on iPlayer. Studied it for A-level along with Bartok, Haydn and Stockhausen. 17-year-old me had no idea how lucky he was! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

My 2.

Life goals.

Very much looking forward to the Citrus Pale, a summer banker!

A flashback to when we were forced to drink in parks. Now on our Substack: deserterblog.substack.com/p/parklife

Not long enough, I fear.

Vinyl Night. A little ponderous and wasn’t mad about the trip-hop remix. Nice sausages tho.

Table 267, a favourite, bites the dust at the Fox in the Hill. Wrote some of my best emails on this feller. #fallensoldier

When we went to Leeds, got medicined, drank beer and were followed by owls. Now on Deserter Substack: deserterblog.substack.com/p/leeds-take...

On the buses. The best of days. #shirkrustandpray

The @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social Stairway to Heaven is, well, Heavenly. Described as a bitter, looks like a light, comes on like a pale, hoppy like an IPA. Wonderfully, deliciously confusing. I urge you to try it.

My year of skiving religiously.

All aboard for next Saturday? I’ll be at the Shirker’s from noon and on the first bus to the Rusty at 1.30pm  #shirkrustandpray

Would anyone like to come over and moisturise my feet? Five pounds. Dm for my bank details.

Jealous of those at @theshirkersrest.bsky.social tonight. Free Neals Yard cheese with every pint of @kernelbrewery.bsky.social Running Porter. May have some old Gran Padano in the back of the fridge 😭

They're selling spice bags in Wetherspoons, man. The greatest decade in the history of mankind is over.

Birthday mess about.

My bigoted, alcoholic father thought I'd been "got at by lefties". Then we became mates. A piece I wrote about my father is now on Substack. Subscribe for more from me and my Deserter compadre, Vinny "Dirty South" Raison!

When Dirty South married twins. deserterblog.substack.com/p/once-upon-...